Standing on the beach watching the fireworks on July 4th, needing a light jacket, made me realize that visiting Fort Lauderdale in July is a secret joy that this Grandma should share, and I did in 2017. It is time for an update, especially since our South Florida population has exploded during … [Continue reading]
Update On Best Hotel, Food, and Other Local Secrets From a Local As To Why You Should Visit Fort Lauderdale in July and Why Our New Residents From Up North Should Consider a Staycation
June 25, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Father’s Day 2022 Curated List of Best Gift Ideas of Everything and Anything At any Price For Every Kind of Father and Grandfather
June 15, 2022 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma collects articles for research for blogs. When collecting for Father’s Day, I found I had collected forty-one articles from every and any source I could find. Here is a curated list of the best gift ideas everything and anything at any price for every kind of Father and … [Continue reading]
Four Important Tips Regarding What to Do in An Active Shooter Event and What We Grandparents and Our Grandchildren’s Parents Can Begin To Do To Be Proactively Preventive Regarding School Shootings
June 8, 2022 By Leave a Comment
The Uvalde school massacre has done this Grandma in. I want to address two important tips we parents and grandparents need to know now regarding … [Continue reading]
Best Gifts for Graduations From Preschool to Graduate School 2022
May 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment
PopPop and I have a four year grandchild who has a “moving up” ceremony this week, moving up from the three’s to pre kindergarten. He is very excited … [Continue reading]
Five Best Tips To Maximize and Personalize Your Group Tour or Travel to Anywhere in the World After COVID
May 21, 2022 By Leave a Comment
BC (Before Covid) travel was a priority in our lives, and now, renewing our passion and reviewing previous travel posts to refresh my recollection for … [Continue reading]
Zoom Face is A Real Thing And Affects More Than We Realize, Which May Include When To Have the COVID Vaccine or Boosters
May 8, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Going on our third year into pandemic life, we’re all still adjusting mentally and physically to this abnormal state. Many of us feel the thrill and … [Continue reading]
Our Teenage Granddaughter’s Award Winning Poem Brought Back the Reality that Being a Teenager is Hard Anytime, Harder During A Global Pandemic, and We Grandparents Can Make It Easier Now and in the Future
April 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment
During the COVID-19 coronavirus lock down period in March and April, 2020, I interviewed our older grandchildren, two aged 13 and one aged 16. We … [Continue reading]
The Best New Source For Artistic, Colorful, Modern Customized and Personalized Gifts for Every Occasion and Purpose is Kicks By Sammy
April 22, 2022 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma immediately goes to one of three sources for personalized gifts, especially new baby gifts, Chad and Jake, Pottery Barn Kids, or … [Continue reading]
Best Mother’s Day 2022 Gifts Are To Create Memories and More
April 15, 2022 By Leave a Comment
2022 is a year where memories are especially important. Covid has made us realize that time and time together is precious. We want the … [Continue reading]
Divorce Should Always Be A Last Resort, Even For “Gray” Divorces, Part II
April 9, 2022 By Leave a Comment
In The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, February 7, 2022, Amy Dickinson’s column concerned a thirty seven year marriage and a wife in her sixties … [Continue reading]
Divorce Should Always Be A Last Resort, Even For “Gray” Divorces, Part I
April 1, 2022 By Leave a Comment
In The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, February 7, 2022, Amy Dickinson’s column concerned a thirty seven year marriage, and a wife in her sixties … [Continue reading]
Comfort Food During the 2022 Winter of Chaos With Grilled Cheese and Homemade Tomato Soup
March 25, 2022 By Leave a Comment
With all the chaos and uncertainty around us this winter, as well as record breaking temperatures nationwide and ridiculous amounts of snow, we are … [Continue reading]
What Message Are You Giving Your Children and Grandchildren About Living Life
March 18, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Life and Death And Survival Among Jews these words resonate, as through history Jews and Jewish families have had to face the threat of losing … [Continue reading]
The Three Craft Toys That Grandparents Should Beware of Allowing Grandchildren To Play With At Their Homes
February 5, 2022 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma has given many cooking and baking tips for grandparents doing so with grandchildren, including cleaning tips, covering counters and … [Continue reading]
We Grandparents Have the Opportunity To Expand the Universe For Us and Our Grandchildren By Sharing the Journey of the Miraculous Space Marvel, The Webb Telescope, and Its Discoveries To Come
January 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Grandparents can open grandchildren’s eyes to marvels of the world and expand their horizons, and in this case expand the universe for them. We have … [Continue reading]
A Holocaust Survivor’s Child Shares National Council of Jewish Women’s Response to Events at The Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Principles of Active Shooter Training to Incorporate in Daily Life, and How to Talk to Grandchildren About Terrorism
January 22, 2022 By Leave a Comment
As a child of Holocaust survivors, I was not only horrified, I was and am terrified by the January 15, 2022 terrorist attack on the synagogue in … [Continue reading]
We Boomers Have Been Waiting For the Exciting New Global News Organization Going to Be Started By Ben Smith, Media Columnist for the New York Times, and Justin Smith, Bloomberg Media Chief Executive Officer
January 15, 2022 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma, now retired, has the time daily and I read the local newspaper, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the New York Times, the Wall Street … [Continue reading]
The Wiring in Grandma’s Brain is the Subject of A New 2021 Study and the Findings Reaffirm our Place in the World
January 7, 2022 By Leave a Comment
“You know that special bond your mother seems to have with your kids? The one she doesn't seem to have with anyone else -- even you? You're not just … [Continue reading]
Gratitude in the New Year 2022 For the Lifetime Benefit to Us Boomers of a Combination of Active, Daily Activities
January 1, 2022 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma recently ran into a professional colleague I had not seen in nearly five years. It is hard to believe I am retired from the bench for … [Continue reading]
The Children’s Song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. . . “ Brings us To Three Important Tips For Boomer Grandparents’ “Eyes, Ears, Mouth, And Nose.”
December 24, 2021 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma loves the exercise and movement song to sing with grandchildren from toddlers to older than you would expect: Head, shoulders, knees, … [Continue reading]
