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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 Perfect 36 Hour Stopover Experience in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
We Boomers are way ahead of the Millennials. We have known experiences trump possessions, as Millenials seem to have just discovered. ...
Aug 25, 20179 min read


Why Life Happens With Tears and Life Happens With Laughter and With Knowledge Comes Power to Understand and Cope With Life’s Challenges
When I was growing up, if something good happened and I told my Holocaust survivor mother, GG (great-grandmother), she said “pooh, pooh”...
Jun 27, 20175 min read


Great Grandmother’s Jello Mold is Part of the Fabric of Our Traditions And Jello Even Works for Your
When this Grandma was a child, Jello was a favored dessert. We had different flavors and ingredients put into different size Tupperware...
Jun 16, 20173 min read


At What Age Will Our Grandchildren Remember Their Childhood Trips and Adventures With Us
This Grandma loves our multi generational trips and adventures which began when our first grandson was a toddler. Our first trip was to...
Apr 14, 20172 min read


Yiddish Words That Will Serve You well In Life and ToTranscend Generations From the Past to the Future
This Grandma, born in a displaced person’s camp in Germany, knew the power of the Yiddish language from the phrases my parents used and...
Oct 29, 20168 min read


Halloween 2016: Continuing Rituals and Traditions and New Rages
One of this Grandma’s mantras is to create rituals and traditions with grandchildren because that is what they will remember from their...
Oct 7, 20164 min read


Teeth and Dental Health Is In the News and the Best Good News is Less Dentist Drilling Is In All of Our Futures, Especially Grandchildren
One of this Grandma’s favorite gifts to buy the grandchildren is a new battery operated toothbrush. We adults know that we should...
Sep 1, 20166 min read


Grandma as the Storyteller and the Importance of Rituals and Traditions for Our Grandchildren
This Grandma just had the privilege of visiting Canyon Ranch in Tucson. On the way to their Health and Healing Center, I came upon a...
Oct 20, 20154 min read


The Five Best Tips from Grandma This 2015 Halloween Season
Before I began this post, this Grandma actually put the word “Halloween” into the search on this website. There are eight previous posts...
Oct 9, 20153 min read


Share the History and Life Lessons of Charlie Brown and Peanuts at Their 65th Anniversary, Halloween and with the new Peanuts Movie
The New York Times Backstory, on li ne October 2, 2015, explained the story behind Charlie Brown, Charles Scultz, it’s creator, and the...
Oct 6, 20153 min read


If Xylitol is So Great for Our Grandchildren’s Strep and Ear Infections, Why Haven’t Their Pediatricians Recommended It
This Grandma just went for her quarterly teeth cleaning. In the treatment room was a new large box of individually wrapped sugar free...
May 16, 20157 min read


Red Yarn Passed from Generation to Generation is Great Riches
My mother, GG (great grandmother) died in 2005. Before she died, she gave me a ball of red yarn and told me it was now my duty as the...
Mar 5, 20153 min read


Dominoes Connect Grandmas Through the Centuries and Make Great Holiday Gifts for grandchildren
I remember playing dominoes as a child and my brother and I built with them and we played games with them with our parents. If you have...
Nov 19, 20143 min read


This Grandma Now Thinks We can Build Resilience in Our Grandchildren
This Grandmother is a child of Holocaust survivors. As adolescents and young adults, my parents survived horrors that are unbelievable...
Oct 16, 20145 min read


Our Multigenerational Vacation 2014: Charleston and The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, S.C. Part II: Touring Charleston, S.C. with Children
Charleston, S.C. has it all – history, beauty, and great food. The trick for this Grandma was to bring Charleston down to the level of a...
Jun 13, 201416 min read


Our Multigenerational Vacation 2014: Charleston and The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, S.C. Part I: Anticipation
The only time that all eleven of us could get together for our multigenerational vacation in 2014 was Memorial Day weekend. It was...
Jun 11, 20141 min read


Most Fascinating and Intriguing People of 2013
Barbara Walter’s television special was about the ten most fascinating people of 2013. People magazine had a special edition of the25...
Dec 29, 201315 min read


The Grandma Glue: Keeping Families Together for Holiday Rituals and Traditions
My Mother always said that the matriarch in the family is the glue. It is the job of the matriarch to keep family traditions and...
Mar 24, 20133 min read


New York Broadway Plays for Grandchildren
In our family, we took our children to New York City every year for theatre. Now we take our grandchildren to New York City for...
Feb 26, 20137 min read
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