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As A Child of Holocaust Survivors, I Am Worried That History Is Repeating Itself
4 February 2017, West Point Cadets tour the Permanent Exhibition. As a child of Holocaust survivors, I feel that my unique background and...
Aug 15, 20186 min read
Learning About Having #It All From Another Woman Who Has Had It All, But Not All At the Same Time
Justice of the United States Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she believes women can have it all, but perhaps not all at the...
Jun 27, 20184 min read
Grateful for the Fathers In Our Lives This Father’s Day 2018 Seventy Years After the Holocaust
As I thought about this Father’s Day 2018, the year’s traumatic and potentially fatal health circumstances clearly highlighted thoughts...
May 30, 20184 min read
Who Would Believe “Good Old Days” Would Be So Perfectly Described By a Thirty Four Year Old in Colla
Once our grandchildren began listening to pop music on the radio, and it was earlier than we realized, this Grandma convinced Grandpa...
Apr 3, 20183 min read
Our Choice of Bread Defines Where We have Come From, Who We Are, and Sometimes Who We Aspire To Be
Our eleven year old granddaughter, visiting for spring break, asked for a sandwich. Ever the doting grandmother, I had purchased three...
Mar 27, 20184 min read
2018 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy
For New Years 2017, this Grandma wrote “2017 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy.” When I...
Jan 5, 20189 min read
How to Make Shopping in the Mall with Grandchildren of All Ages and Sexes a Pleasurable Experience
When our daughters were small, they hated going shopping with me. It was a chore for them to accompany me, even if it was for clothing...
Nov 29, 20173 min read
This Grandma Says Always Go To The Parent of Your Grandchildren Who Is Your Child First About Any Is
This Grandma has several mantras, which you can see by reviewing the archives of this blog. Grandparenting should be all joy and no...
Sep 8, 20179 min read
Why Boomer Grandparents Should Pay Attention to How Grandchildren Adapt to Change
School is starting again and summer routines turn into school routines for our grandchildren. Just like us for us adults, change is...
Sep 5, 20175 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
Why This Grandma Thinks Procrastination is A Disease of Retirement And The Cure
This Grandma prides herself on a lifetime of organization and the ability to multi task and get things done. I hate “To Do” lists and...
Jun 1, 20175 min read
Entering the Unknown World of Retirement and the New Busy as a Baby Boomer Grandma
This Grandma is beginning a new adventure, the unknown world of retirement. It seems that as a Baby Boomer, at every stage of this...
Jan 5, 20174 min read
2017 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017! In this new era of seeking and collecting experiences instead of things, the articles about proposed 2017 New Year’s...
Jan 2, 20178 min read
Just When “Mom” and “Dad” Lose Favor With One Generation They Gain A New Definition with Another In the Fast New World of Social Media
This Grandma tries hard to keep up with the fast moving Internet effect on our changing world. It is the 12th anniversary of Facebook,...
Dec 22, 20163 min read
If “PaPa” is Now the Favored Name for “Daddy” and ” MaMa” Is the favored Name for “Mommy” What Should We Boomer Grandparents Be Called
In the car, December 1, 2016, this Grandma heard a radio commentator say that the term “Dad” is out as it makes the father more distant...
Dec 15, 20162 min read
Home Remedies That Make Our Lives Easier — Part II –And How We Must Preserve Our Own Fam
In Part I of home remedies that make our grandchildren’s lives easier, I concentrated on Terry and Joe Graedon and their home remedies....
Dec 2, 20166 min read
Sometimes Double Proof is Better to Show Grandpa that “Happy Wife, Happy Life” Is Always the Way to
Sometimes this Grandma holds on to a post idea about a study for years. Sometimes, the post idea about a study eventually seems...
Nov 4, 20164 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
What Grandmas Know About Babies Sleeping Through The Night Predates the Studies and Shows The Value
There is no better teacher than experience when it comes to babies and sleeping through the night. Grandmas have the edge over the...
Oct 27, 20166 min read
“Young Old,” Wiser, Happier and More From Which Those Not As Fortunate in Years Can Learn
I never in a million years could imagine it could be. In younger years, I could not imagine reaching age 70. In younger years, I thought...
Sep 19, 20163 min read
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