A grandmother's blog on life
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 2017 post, “Safely Making Homemade Cookie Dough and Adding It to Safe Homemade Ice Cream.” That previous post included a recipe for homemade cookie … [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 Grandmother) Frieda always used to say that “everyone has something.” She said we each have that something, tsuris, Yiddish for troubles or woes or … [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]
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 … [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]
As a completely obsessive and proud grandmother, I relish every warm, funny and outrageous moment I have with my family. Read more...