This Grandma just finished reading about the last issue of the moment, that pregnant women did not like people who thought they could...

When I heard about a new study on first born children on the Today Show, October 22, 2013, my first thought was to wonder if it applies...

It just never occurred to this Grandma, even after four grandchildren and ten years’ grandma experience.  I never thought of the idea to...

Grandpa always speaks of the song his grandfather sang to him, “You are My Sunshine,” with fond memories of his family history, this...

As a long distance grandma, this Grandma looks for ways to make holidays special and be present with a present.  This year, Oppenheimer...

This Grandma opened the cover of the September 23, 2013 New York Magazine and got hit with a picture on the left  of a model with the...

As I was wondering why my brother would send me and the parents of our grandchildren all under ten years old,  an article entitled,...

Anything with multigenerational in the title catches my eye, and the hook of “The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin...

Immortality is the topic of the moment, with a new survey released August, 2013.  This Grandma paid no attention to the articles at the...

When my brother and I were children, Halloween was a time for a lesson in thankfulness that we had enough to eat.  Our refrigerator and...

In the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Sunday, August 11, 2013 was an article entitled, “Bad Habits That Can Actually Be Good For You.” ...

More and more, when this Grandma looks in the mirror, she sees her mother.  It is interesting because all my life I was told that I look...

Everything these days is a “culture,” an indispensable part of life.  So in the “Who Made That?”  innovation column in the New York...

Ten years ago, Lisa Belkin, an author for the New York Times, wrote an article on the “opt-out revolution” about the women who left their...

This Grandma follows her mother’s lead in believing the principle that it is Grandma’s prerogative to give candy to grandchildren.  What...

”OMG: Mick Jagger is how old?” is the title of an editorial by Gail Collins in the Miami Herald, July 31, 2013.  Of course, it caught my...

This Grandma recently sat on an airplane next to a mother with an adorable fourteen month old daughter.   It is wonderful to be able to...

In his This Life column, July 19, 2013, in the New York Times, Bruce Feiler addressed  “The Care-Package Wars.”  This topic was close to...

This Grandma remembers how happy she was when she was carded at age 27 and pregnant.  Vendors did not believe she was 21.  Now I am happy...

In the New York Times, July 7, 2013, Oliver Sacks, the author, talks about “The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.)”  He is about to turn 80...