A grandmother's blog on life
Our granddaughter’s trip to Israel with us had to be perfect as the gift for her Bat Mitzvah. We wanted to show her Israel, but most of all to experience Israel so she would want to come back to Israel to see and do more. I found Alex Stein on TripAdvisor looking for a private guide who got … [Continue reading]
PopPop and I want to take each of our grandchildren on a special trip to celebrate their thirteenth birthday and their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Our granddaughter chose Israel. How we chose our guide and why he was the correct guide to choose is the subject of another post. We included our … [Continue reading]
According to the recipe for Chocolate Mug Cake reprinted in the New York Times, March 28, 2019, “if you google ‘mug cake,’ you’ll get more than 100 … [Continue reading]
Great Grandmother (GG) Frieda, My Mother, a Holocaust survivor, who was taught Kabbalah by her Father, a Rabbi in the small shtetl (town) of … [Continue reading]
After all of the television commercials that advertise medications and supplements to discuss with your doctors if and as appropriate to your health … [Continue reading]
Living in Fort Lauderdale is met with there is little to do and all you can get are early bird specials. Please do not knock our early bird … [Continue reading]
Every parent worries when their child refuses to eat. We grandparents have learned that toddlers have a 36 hour food window and you have to think … [Continue reading]
Gift packages have been banned at most sleep away camps. For crazy grandmothers, all that did was make us try to find ways to circumvent the … [Continue reading]
When our eldest daughter told us she was pregnant, I attended a conference where there were many friends and acquaintances who were already … [Continue reading]
When I was about to hit seventy, GG Lee’s (Great Grandmother age 95) mantra was hitting home. She said live your life to its fullest while you are … [Continue reading]
When I had my first child it was my joy to rock her to sleep and sing to her. It was horribly sad when one day when she was 14 or 15 months old, she … [Continue reading]
This Grandma has been living in medical La La Land. GG (Great Grandmother, now age 95) said live to the fullest and travel in ‘Young Old’ which is … [Continue reading]
When I immigrated to the United States with my parents, I was six months old. Although my mother (GG Frieda) insisted that I was toilet trained at … [Continue reading]
This Grandma forgot the overwhelming joy a baby can bring to a family. After all, our youngest baby boy grandchild has brothers seven and eleven years … [Continue reading]
Our oldest grandchildren were excited to visit us in Florida for spring break, and were even more excited that our younger grandchildren’s grandmother … [Continue reading]
When you are a child of Holocaust survivors, when Holocaust Remembrance Day comes around again, you can remember vividly the year before that and the … [Continue reading]
That petting zoo animals can transmit highly virulent drug resistant bacteria to children is not what this Grandma wanted to read on Science Daily … [Continue reading]
Once Grandpa and I finally settled into semi-retirement mode, we started paying attention to our friends who had preceded us into leisure time, and … [Continue reading]
The hidden danger of high school reunions is not what you would initially think. When I served on the family court bench, I was surprised to find … [Continue reading]
This Grandma remembers some books from our children’s childhoods, some even by heart nearly fifty years later. Mostly, those are Dr. Seuss rhymes. … [Continue reading]
As a completely obsessive and proud grandmother, I relish every warm, funny and outrageous moment I have with my family. Read more...