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Archives Must Reads For New Grandparents: 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...
Mar 12, 20231 min read
In Our Society, Most Teenagers and Preteens Have Seen Online Pornography, Hear Pornographic Lyrics, A Six Year Old Child Shot His Teacher, and That is Not The Worst of It
When my grandchildren are in the car with me, I always have Pop Hits I on Sirius. I want to relate to them and their music. . . or so I...
Feb 16, 20236 min read
We Boomer Grandparents Should Consider Being Realistic About Pet Adoption and Include Our Fur Babies in Our Wills and/or Create a Pet Trust for Their Care Upon Our Disability or Death
When PopPop and I were ready to adopt two kittens, we were asked if we had plans for their care after our deaths as their life expectancy...
Feb 9, 20235 min read
Truth, Like Beauty, Is In The Eye Of the Beholder And The Best Advice I Ever Received On How To Keep Your Truth To Yourself
I first started writing this blog because my Judicial Assistant, who became and is a dear long (we never say old) friend, was going to...
Jan 27, 20236 min read
Why and How Instagram Taught Me To Search “Life Hacks” For Simple Solutions to Daily Tasks. Who Knew How Really Helpful Ice Cubes Can Be
Instagram taught me to search “Life Hacks” on Google for simple solutions to daily tasks! Instagram is an application (app) that my...
Jan 7, 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
Boomer Grandmother’s View on Being Comfortable With The Names You Call or Don’t Call Your In-Laws, The July 2022 On-Line Survey Results, and How To Earn Extra Cash Doing On-Line Surveys
When this Grandma was a newlywed, decades ago, what to call your in-laws was a major dilemma. I did not want to offend my parents by...
Dec 3, 20224 min read
Should I Be The Grandma on the Floor No More
One of the absolute best tips I received as a new grandma almost two decades ago was to always be the grandma on the floor. Of course, I...
Nov 27, 20222 min read
Sneakerheads, Hypebeasts, and Other Groups Are New to Boomers But AntiSemitism is the Oldest Prejudice That Has Now Again Infiltrated Our American Culture
You know you are longer (we never say older) when some words your eleven year old grandson introduces you to and tries to explain are the...
Nov 6, 20225 min read
Fast and Easy Halloween Cookies and Special Treats for 2022, Halloween Treats for Babies, Healthy,
After looking at literally dozens of articles on Halloween cookies and treats of all kinds, this Grandma has curated those fast and easy...
Oct 16, 20223 min read
How To Make Candy Coated Cake Pops Like Those Found at Starbucks At Home With or For Grandchildren
It is dangerous to take grandchildren into Starbucks. These little balls of cake with frosting and sprinkles on a stick like a lollipop...
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Warmable Stuffed Animals For Babies, Children, Ill and Infirm, and More, Oh My. This Grandma’s Successful Search for the Perfect Teddy Bear for the Perfect Four Year Old Grandson
Our adorable four year old grandson’s teddy bear got eaten by the dog. I know we hear this excuse of “eaten by the dog” but he was so...
Aug 26, 20224 min read
What Day(s) of the Week and What Time(s) Can I Leave My House To Most Likely Avoid A Mass Shooting in 2022
What is safety in 2022? Safety enough to go to the local supermarket….or a local July 4th parade in a suburb with not a single murder...
Jul 17, 20225 min read
Grandchildren Will Love Easy To Make July Fourth Red, White and Blue Dessert Kebabs
When Fourth of July rolls around, it is great to come up with red, white, and blue desserts to make with grandchildren. As with all the...
Jul 2, 20222 min read
Four Important Tips Regarding What to Do in An Active Shooter Event and What We Grandparents and Our Grandchildren’s Parents Can Begin To Do To Be Proactively Preventive Regarding School Shootings
The Uvalde school massacre has done this Grandma in. I want to address two important tips we parents and grandparents need to know now...
Jun 8, 20226 min read
Zoom Face is A Real Thing And Affects More Than We Realize, Which May Include When To Have the COVID Vaccine or Boosters
Going on our third year into pandemic life, we’re all still adjusting mentally and physically to this abnormal state. Many of us feel the...
May 8, 20223 min read
Our Teenage Granddaughter’s Award Winning Poem Brought Back the Reality that Being a Teenager is Hard Anytime,Harder During A Global Pandemic & We Grandparents Can Make It Easier Now and in the Future
During the COVID-19 coronavirus lock down period in March and April, 2020, I interviewed our older grandchildren, two aged 13 and one...
Apr 29, 20223 min read
What Message Are You Giving Your Children and Grandchildren About Living Life
Life and Death And Survival Among Jews these words resonate, as through history Jews and Jewish families have had to face the threat of...
Mar 18, 20227 min read
We Grandparents Have the Opportunity To Expand the Universe For Us and Our Grandchildren By Sharing the Journey of the Miraculous Space Marvel, The Webb Telescope, and Its Discoveries To Come
Grandparents can open grandchildren’s eyes to marvels of the world and expand their horizons, and in this case expand the universe for...
Jan 29, 20223 min read
We Boomers Have Been Waiting For the Exciting New Global News Organization Going to Be Started By Ben Smith, Media Columnist for the New York Times, and Justin Smith, Bloomberg Media Chief Executive
This Grandma, now retired, has the time daily and I read the local newspaper, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the New York Times, the...
Jan 15, 20223 min read
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