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Grandchildren May Learn A Lot By Their Introduction to Frank Sinatra On His Centennial And We May Have A Great Holiday Gift for The Great Grandparents
Frank Sinatra would be 100 years old December 12, 2015. He is not really of our era, but of the GG (great grandparent) era as a singer. I...
Dec 27, 20154 min read
Great Grandmother’s Remedy of Epsom Salt Baths In Vogue Today For Everything From Colds to Sleep Aid To Sore Muscles To Calming Children and Here is How to Do It
Our GG (great grandmother, my mother) used to add Epsom salts to this grandma’s bath when she was a child as a cure all. She told us it...
Dec 7, 20154 min read
This Grandma Wishes the Technology to Track Children on A Cell Phone was Available When Her Children
On the Today Show, November 20, 2015, the discussion was whether parents should track their children on a cell phone. Savannah Guthrie...
Dec 5, 20153 min read
The Stroll from Boomer Grandma’s Era and the Electric Slide and Macarena from the Era of Their Parents Has Become the Whip for Our Grandchildren
Doing Face Time with grandchildren is the next best thing to being with them in person. It allows us to share their lives, see them when...
Nov 18, 20156 min read
Lego Company Already the Most Powerful Brand and May be the world’s Biggest Toy Company With Help From Boomer Grandmas
Lego Company is all over the news. This Grandma watches for all stories about legos, as this is a favorite of grandchildren. So is...
Sep 25, 20152 min read
“Be Careful What You Wish For” Hits this Boomer Grandma
Standing in a crowded, busy Pottery Barn waiting for the sales person to get items from the warehouse, the grandchildren were bored. One...
Aug 30, 20153 min read
Finding the Best Art for Decorating a Child’s or Any Room and A New Shared Activity for Grandma and Grandchild by Exploring National Geographic Art
It is a real effort to find fabulous wall decor for a baby’s room or child’s room. Yes, we can find great baby art for a nursery, but...
Aug 26, 20153 min read
Does Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll Forever Define the Boomer Generation
There is a development called “The Villages,” an hour north of Orlando, Florida. This Grandma personally knows people who have retired to...
Jun 22, 20154 min read
Baby Names for 2014 Lead to Decades of Information and Advice From Grandma on Loving the Name Chose
This Grandma loves when the U.S. Social Security Administration annually announces the most popular baby names of the year. 2014 is no...
Jun 9, 20153 min read
Even Rocking A Baby Has A New Modern Bounce For Grandma To Learn
In this Boomer Grandma’s generation, the grandmother had the old American rocking chair seen in so many Norman Rockwell paintings. I, as...
Jun 7, 20154 min read
Grandma’s Changing Role and Relationship With Grandchildren As They and We Live Longer
This Grandma always says we never get older, we live longer. That is different with our grandchildren. They cannot seem to want to wait...
May 14, 20155 min read
Learning More to Share With the Great-Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors and Being More Concerned About the World in Which We Live
It is so difficult for this Grandma to watch the evening news. The world in which we live is a scary place and when the world becomes...
Apr 18, 20154 min read
When Should Grandchildren Learn About the Holocaust
A dear long (we never say old) friend, also a grandma, said her grandson, age six, overheard her discussing a Holocaust movie with his...
Mar 31, 20156 min read
A Random Act of Kindness
A great community leader just died at age 96. She was a dancer, ran a dance studio in the north, retired to Florida and worked her entire...
Mar 3, 20153 min read
From Birth to Death, Music and Learning to Play an Instrument is Our Friend
This Grandma should have titled this post, “From Utero to Death, Music is Our Friend.” In the last decade or so, we see images of...
Mar 1, 20153 min read
There is Now Proof that Our Children and Grandchildren Will Survive Parenting “Mistakes”
This Grandma likes to assuage all new parents’ fears and concerns. New parents worry about everything. I like to say, “There is no right...
Feb 18, 20153 min read
Does Jane the Virgin’s Lead Actress Have an Important message for Parents and Grandparents to Pass Along That Is Not What the Show’s Title Suggests
Because of all the buzz that the new television show,”Jane the Virgin,” was not only hysterical but bound to win awards this year, this...
Feb 8, 20153 min read
Learning the Alphabet Grandma’s Way
The New York Times, December 21, 2014, had a listing of what the author, Patricia Crain, said are great Alphabet Books. Here are the five...
Jan 26, 20153 min read
This Grandma Feels A Need to Apologize to the Grandchildren for the World in Which We Now Live
I do not think I know how the world in which we live got to be what it is today. MY PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN, THE WORLD IS A SCARY PLACE,...
Jan 15, 20155 min read
Grandma Says Extend the movie Annie’s Message As A 2015 New Year’s Resolution
The mother of the youngest grandchildren said that the seven year old grandson wants to see the movie, Annie, when he comes to Florida...
Jan 11, 20152 min read
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