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Board Games Are Selling Out in the Pandemic So Buy Early to Get The Best For Everyone in the Family
Now that we all are spending more time at home, the news today included that we may have another run on toilet paper as the coronavirus...
Oct 29, 20204 min read


Seven Great On Line Shopping Tips During COVID-19 or Anytime to Get the Best at the Best Price
In this time of COVID-19, spending more time in our homes, we are not only cleaning closets and reorganizing, we are looking to change or...
Aug 12, 20209 min read


The Four Ways The Pandemic COVID-19 Even Affects Our Celebration of National Ice Cream Month
July is National Ice Cream Month. That makes sense. July is the highlight month of the summer, with July 4th and summer vacations and...
Jul 22, 20205 min read


The Best and Worst About Our Grandchildren Safely Going To School This Coming School Year While the Pandemic, COVID-19, Is Still Among Us
This Grandma interviewed the three oldest grandchildren to preserve their memories about what life is like during the pandemic. The...
Jul 8, 20209 min read


The Six Best Tips for Car Travel in the Time of Coronavirus, Covid-19
With the corona virus pandemic, we do not want to leave the house, much less travel any distance. Yes, staying home is getting old. But,...
Jun 17, 202010 min read


Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts
After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...
Jun 10, 20205 min read


When As A Grandparent, You Are Asked If You Love The First Grandchild the Best
When the first grandchild is born, it is a life passage event for the parents, but it is also a life passage event for the grandparents. ...
Jan 1, 20203 min read


Remembering My Father and the Meaningfulness of How Many Years Ago He Passed
It is the tradition of our Jewish faith to remember the anniversary of the death of our loved ones by lighting a Yahrzeit memorial...
Sep 25, 20194 min read


Grandma’s Best Four Tips to Get Gifts and Candy to Grandchildren at Sleep Away Camps That Do Not All
Gift packages have been banned at most sleep away camps. For crazy grandmothers, all that did was make us try to find ways to circumvent...
Jul 3, 20194 min read


If There is a Question of It Being Safe to Be Jewish In New York, then What Does That Mean for Being
Since the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, there has been public discussion as to whether the shooting was really against being...
Nov 7, 20186 min read


Five Healthy Habits to Give Us Twelve to Fifteen Additional Years to Celebrate Milestones With Our Grandchildren and Only One Word To Remember
Since the birth of our first grandchild, Grandpa and I periodically converse about how old we are going to be when he graduates from high...
Jun 12, 20183 min read


Six Ways To Celebrate 2018 Earth Day and Earth Month With Grandchildren
On April 22 each year since 1970, we celebrate Earth Day, a day to appreciate and be aware of our environment and the Earth. Earth Day...
Apr 20, 20183 min read


Why We Should We Stop Teaching Our Children and Grandchildren to Hug, Kiss, and Even Shake Hands Upo
Just this past week, Grandpa and I went to see a new doctor whose office was located inside a local hospital. The doctor’s nurse who...
Feb 27, 20185 min read


Inter-generational Friendships and Paying It Forward In the Decades of Life
Hearing my oldest daughter appreciate advice she received from someone who is a decade older who has already been through what my...
Feb 23, 20184 min read


We Grandparents Are Role Models For Civics and Civility And Good Manners To Our Grandchildren And More
I grimace and shake my head every time I am stopped at a crosswalk and a person with earbuds staring at his or her phone walks into the...
Feb 20, 20185 min read


Finally An Excellent Holiday Movie That Appeals To All Generations
Our grandchildren, ages 7, 10 and 11 went to see the movie, Wonder, during the Thanksgiving holiday. Our oldest grandson, age 14, had...
Dec 16, 20174 min read


What Should Be In Our Grandchildren’s Future After the Sexual Harassment “Empowerment Revolution” and What Can We Grandparents Do To Help
As Megyn Kelly stated November 29, 2017 on her NBC morning show immediately after Matt Lauer was fired without notice due to charges of...
Dec 6, 201711 min read


The Joys of Walking With Grandchildren Of Every Age and Activities and Memories of Sharing Along the Way
We grandparents know that walking is good for our health. See WebMD . Walking is also wonderful as an activity with the youngest of...
Nov 8, 20173 min read


Enjoying the Summer Sleep Away Camp Effect While It Lasts
Grandpa and I try to visit our grandchildren before they leave for summer sleep away camp each year. Three are now old enough* to give...
Sep 19, 20175 min read


The Absolute Best Thing to Send your Grandchildren in Summer Camp Now That We No Longer Can Send Packages
This Grandma planned summer camp packages for grandchildren in sleep away camp months ahead. I collected items, created items, boxed...
Jun 30, 20173 min read
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