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Entering the New Year 2024 with Great Trepidation, and Wishing It Was Not So
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Upon the coming of the new year, for several years, I felt the need to write about my mother’s mantra that was...
Jan 13, 20249 min read
Best Seven Chanukah and Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas For Grandparents and the Parents of Your Grandchildren That You Might Not Have Considered, Are Priceless, Interesting, Mostly Inexpensive, and Unus
It is always hard to get grandparents holiday gifts. All we grandparents want is time with grandchildren. In that vein, here are ideas...
Dec 13, 20237 min read
Christmas and Chanukah, Two of the Best Holiday Gift Resources for the Newest and Best Top Rated Toy
This Grandma found the Oppenheimer Toy Awards years ago. It should be the first place to look for award winning toys and games for 2023...
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Grandma Gets Ready Early for the Holidays 2023: Best Newborn and Baby Gifts for Chanukah or Christmas
A new baby in the family is a joy. This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early for newborn and baby gifts, and Chanukah starts...
Nov 12, 20233 min read
For the New Year 2023, How Do Grandparents Measure the Year
“Seasons of Love,” the song from the award winning Broadway play, “Rent,” starts out: “five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred...
Dec 25, 20225 min read
A Holocaust Survivor’s Child Shares National Council of Jewish Women’s Response to Events at The Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Principles of Active Shooter Training to Incorporate in Daily Life,
As a child of Holocaust survivors, I was not only horrified, I was and am terrified by the January 15, 2022 terrorist attack on the...
Jan 22, 20224 min read
The Best Acknowledgments From Grandchildren When Grandparents Give Them Gifts and 2021 Ideas For Charitable Giving By Grandchildren
Eight years ago, January 27, 2013, I wrote a blog post about thank you notes from grandchildren which was then a topic on the Today Show...
Dec 18, 20215 min read
Great Grandmother’s Famous Butter Cookies and the Best 2020 Homemade Christmas, Chanukah, and Specialty Disney and U.S. States Cookies For Games To Play and Times to Share, With the Best Ways to Mail
GG (Great Grandmother) Frieda, my mother, was a great cook and an even greater baker. Our home was overflowing with food and sweets as...
Dec 18, 20204 min read
The Best of the Best 2020 Christmas and Chanukah Gifts for Everyone and Especially Grandchildren in This Far From the Best Year for Celebration
Thanksgiving 2020 took a toll. Not only could this Grandma not cook small enough for two, nothing tasted as good as when the entire...
Dec 3, 20206 min read
Missing Thanksgiving Magic – Cookie Bars — and Significant Family Presence
This Thanksgiving our youngest daughter, our son-in-law, and their three of our precious grandchildren did not make it to Florida. Our...
Dec 4, 20194 min read
Archives Must Reads For New Grandmas: Part I Grandma Lessons and Tips
A dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for new grandmas from my archives. I...
Oct 6, 20172 min read
Holiday and Easter and Passover Bargains and Fabulous Free Guides
We grandmas are always looking for special things to mail grandchildren for holidays. The grandchildren love getting presents in the...
Apr 4, 20172 min read
Mashed Potato Pancakes That Can Follow the Thanksgiving Baked Potato Bar For Chanukah as Well as All Family Get Togethers
This year at Thanksgiving, being weight conscious and gluten free conscious, the mother of our youngest daughter came up with the idea of...
Dec 13, 20153 min read
Easiest and Best Thanksgiving Boomer Grandma Tips and Easiest and Best Thanksgiving Stuffing To Make With Grandchildren
This Grandma makes reservations. Holidays are an exception, although the best tip for grandmas at holiday time is to turn over the...
Nov 12, 20154 min read
Remembering to Be Grateful During the Holiday Season and Throughout the Year
Grandpa and this Grandma just returned from what seems to be another stop in the endless stream of holiday parties. At this party, a long...
Jan 12, 20153 min read
Long Distance Grandma Thinks Creatively When Celebrating the Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays Joyful
Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays JoyfulSince the birth of the oldest grandchild, this Grandma realized that...
Dec 7, 20143 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best School Age Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 24, 201310 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best Preschool Age Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 23, 20137 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best Baby Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 12, 20139 min read
Long Distance Grandparents Combining Holidays for Double Joy: Thanksgiving and Christmas or Chanukah
A long friend lamented that she was going to see her young (fourteen months granddaughter and four month grandson—yes, her son and...
Oct 30, 20132 min read
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