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The Doctor Dilemma We Boomers Pass On To Our Children and Grandchildren Part II: Treatment, Insurance and Medicare
As I reflected in Part I, regarding the doctor dilemma we Boomers pass on to our children and grandchildren, it took this Grandma one...
2 days ago7 min read
The Doctor Dilemma We Boomers Pass On To Our Children and Grandchildren Part I: The State of Medicine, Doctor Issues, and Prevention
It took this Grandma one year to get an appointment with a well-regarded ophthalmologist who specializes in cataract surgery at Bascom...
Aug 46 min read
How Do You Know the Day That You Become Old?
When interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Warren Buffett, now 94 years old, was asked, “how did you know the day that you became old?”...
Jun 93 min read
Divorce Should Always Be A Last Resort, Even For “Gray” Divorces, Part II
In The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, February 7, 2022, Amy Dickinson’s column concerned a thirty seven year marriage and a wife in...
Jun 30, 20247 min read
Four Simple Ways To Be More Positive and Grateful To Extend Longevity and Bring More Happiness to Your Life
This week, in Mah Jongg, someone laid out three tiles with two of them jokers. Jokers are a good thing in any game. Someone bemoaned that...
Feb 25, 20245 min read
Reading and Writing Cursive May No Longer be Taught to Our Grandchildren: An Easy Three Step Process For Grandparents to Teach Grandchildren How to Create A Cursive Signature of Their Own
When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or...
Jul 29, 20235 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
Goal Setting & Pursuing Your Passionate Purpose In The New Year! From An Expert Health & Wellness Coach
Just too few years ago, our younger daughter re-introduced us to a high school friend with whom she reconnected. As we of long years...
Jan 9, 20194 min read
Boomers Protein Needs Are So Much More Than We Know For Optimum Muscle Mass and Longevity
Selection of pulses on porcelain spoons on checkered tablecloth with copy space This Grandma has found that we Boomers are beyond the...
Nov 15, 20183 min read
Silver Sneakers and Boomers’ Best Medicare Free Fitness Benefit or Not
If you have not heard of Silver Sneakers, join the club. You will want to join the Silver Sneakers club, as I did, when I heard about...
Sep 26, 20184 min read
We Grandparents Should Be Thankful for the Grandchildren We Have Looking at Three Important Articles and A New Book as to Why Everyone Is Having Less Children And How We Can Grandparents Can Change Th
The recent news has bombarded this Grandma about how everyone in America is having less children. I must be thankful and grateful that I...
Aug 21, 20185 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
We Boomer Grandmas Know Time Flies As We Get Longer, Never Older, and Here is Why and What We Can Do About Slowing Time Down
The Washington Post answered the question for us why time flies, in the article. “Why half of the life you experience is over by age 7,”...
Nov 21, 20153 min read
Top Ten Places in the World With the Longest Life Expectancy At Birth
Twitter has really caught my interest. Getting interesting information in snipits is now in with this Grandma. I found the CNN post about...
Jul 21, 20152 min read
Experts Are Back to Play for Children As Important in Education
For two months in a row, the New York Times has had significant articles about new studies by scientists, education researchers and...
Jul 6, 20153 min read
Disney Princesses Precede Grandma’s High Heels, Jewelry and Makeup As a Treat For A Granddaughter
Spring cleaning season has passed so now it is time to have the guilt work so much that this Grandma gets into her closets and drawers....
Jul 2, 20152 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
NEAT and Five Extra Minutes As An Exercise Habit for Longevity for Grandma
This Grandma has an exercise routine. I actually started it when our eldest daughter announced her pregnancy. I had not exercised much...
Sep 11, 20145 min read
Does Becoming a Grandma Make Us Lose Brain Cells?
When Chelsea Clinton announced she was pregnant, the news media went right to whether Hillary Clinton could be president and a grandma...
May 26, 20142 min read
Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
This Grandma did not know about nut allergies when her children were young. Now it seems that child nut allergies are rampant. A recent...
Mar 11, 20143 min read
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