A grandmother's blog on life
Grandpa and I just returned from Sicily and Malta, where farm to table is the norm. The food was natural and fresh with no preservatives, not like the United States where fake food is an art. Even just today in the newspapers, articles included discussion of hormones in meats and how most fast … [Continue reading]
This Grandma makes reservations. As a working mother, I rarely cooked and never baked. My Mother, GG Frieda, was an outstanding cook and even more outstanding baker. She made all holiday meals and baked fresh bread and cakes for them until just before she died. I watched her for hours at a time, … [Continue reading]
When our eldest was being toilet trained, she fixated on only using the home toilet. We had to return home for her to go or, the good news and bad … [Continue reading]
The Harris Poll recently did a survey for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants about parents’ allowances for children, reported in … [Continue reading]
PopPop and I consider ourselves world travelers. After all, we have conquered all the wonders of the world on every world list, except two in … [Continue reading]
We grandparents have Face Time. We grandparents have texting. We grandparents have old fashioned telephone contact. When we ask our … [Continue reading]
The 50th Anniversary of “The Game Of Life” is considered the classic edition. The original game came out in 1960, when this Grandma was at the end of … [Continue reading]
It is the tradition of our Jewish faith to remember the anniversary of the death of our loved ones by lighting a Yahrzeit memorial candle.* September … [Continue reading]
According to the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, … [Continue reading]
The Catholic Priest gave this homily* at the funeral of a dear friend recently. As he spoke, I recalled that I had heard this life lesson repeated … [Continue reading]
Holocaust Education is mandated in many states and children all over the United States are taught the horrors of targeting people just because of … [Continue reading]
When you stay at the King David, it is staying at a Jerusalem icon and it is an experience during which you are spoiled. As with the top hotels in the … [Continue reading]
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 … [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 … [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]
As a completely obsessive and proud grandmother, I relish every warm, funny and outrageous moment I have with my family. Read more...