A grandmother's blog on life
Until this date, March 24, 2020, the coronavirus outbreak, dangerous to us Boomers, has meant PopPop and I had to self quarantine, and we have already done so for over three weeks. We still have FaceTime and innovative ways to “visit” with our grandchildren. Dear grandparent friends whose … [Continue reading]
This Grandma just got off the telephone with our oldest grandson, age 16, a junior in high school. It is March 16, 2020 at the end of the workday. He is on spring break. As I had done, he also just listened to the President institute greater restrictions on travel and a maximum gatherings of ten … [Continue reading]
Since the Coronovirus has reached our shores, it is we Boomers who have most negatives in relation to the outbreak. We are over the age of 60. I … [Continue reading]
Hopefully, one day we Boomers will look at this time of lack of information, lack of testing available, and lack of consistent knowledge and breathe a … [Continue reading]
Being Boomers, we grandparents have many generations to worry about with the flu and viruses. PopPop’s mother is 96 years old. Our siblings are … [Continue reading]
Every year this Grandma loves learning about the Pantone choice of “Color of the Year.” This year, Pantone’s newly created blue, called “Classic … [Continue reading]
This Grandma realized several years ago that greeting cards and stamps for mailing are getting so expensive that it is not much more to send … [Continue reading]
Honoring fruits and vegetables by putting them on a pedestal never occurred to this Grandmother. It took an artist exhibiting at the Whitney Museum … [Continue reading]
This Grandma is always surprised at some national day selections and was surprised that there was a National Nutella Day. I was wrong. The … [Continue reading]
I nearly drowned the last visit with our youngest grandchild, nearly overwhelmed as our precious youngest grandson, 21 months old, began to exhibit … [Continue reading]
Our grandchildren love raw cookie dough. It was so difficult when we first had the raw egg scare and then the uncooked flour scare. See previous … [Continue reading]
It is not without irony that 2020 is ushered in with the death of the last living Holocaust survivor from our family. My Mother, GG (Great … [Continue reading]
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. The entire … [Continue reading]
Sesame Street is 50 years old! For us Boomer grandparents, that means that our children were the first to experience Sesame Street. The concept was … [Continue reading]
When the holidays are coming, this Grandma is looking for alternatives to electronics for the grandchildren that they will be interested in enough to … [Continue reading]
Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics. Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during Face Time and … [Continue reading]
This Thanksgiving our youngest daughter, our son-in-law, and their three of our precious grandchildren did not make it to Florida. Our grandson, their … [Continue reading]
There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren. Hatley is one of them. … [Continue reading]
On our last visit to our youngest grandchild, a toddler, his eight year old brother was humming a tune we grandparents were not familiar with. We … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
As a completely obsessive and proud grandmother, I relish every warm, funny and outrageous moment I have with my family. Read more...