Great Grandmother (GG) Frieda, My Mother, a Holocaust survivor, who was taught Kabbalah by her Father, a Rabbi in the small shtetl (town) of Bransczczyk, Poland, had sayings she passed on to me. “Everyone has something. Life is hard and then you die.” She said, “Live every day as if it were your last day […]
Because Everyone Has Something, There are Life Lessons to Pass on To Our Grandchildren
July 31, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Where We Grandparents Can Intervene Getting Grandchildren to Eat
July 10, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 about what they eat over a few days rather on an individual day. We know grandchildren do not like certain foods, whether their color or the way they look, […]
Grandma’s Best Four Tips to Get Gifts and Candy to Grandchildren at Sleep Away Camps That Do Not Allow Gift Packages
July 3, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 restrictions. And, there are. Here are Grandma’s best four tips: GIFTS AND PACKAGES IN THE CAMPER’S BACKPACK TO CAMP OR GIVE THEM TO PARENTS FOR VISITING DAY My grandchildren […]
Now That I Am in My Seventies I Understand Why No One Tells You the Truth About How To Optimize Life in Your Seventies
June 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 “young old,” because when you hit “old old” at age 84 your life and health changes drastically and you do not want to or cannot travel or […]
What To Do When the Sixth Grand-baby Finally Likes Your Singing Voice
June 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 pushed me away and said, “no sing, no rock, crib.” (I have to admit it was more like, “no sig, […]
What this Grandma, Meghan Markle and Peppa Pig Have In Common Seems to Be the Big News Currently and It is not Sexiness
May 29, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 that age, I know I did not yet speak. My parents felt it was important for me to be multilingual. After all, they came from Poland, which, because […]
Best Products and Tips New And Wonderful From the Mother of Her Third Child, Our Youngest Grandchild
May 22, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 older. I wonder if all third babies are as easy as our younger daughter’s third. I do know that some of the best contraptions and products did not exist […]
As a Child of Holocaust Survivors, I Have Experienced My Parents’ Extreme Trauma and Severe Shock
May 8, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 year before that. You read articles about the Holocaust again or you try not to read them. You read again about the myths of anti-Semitism and the rise of anti-Semitism. […]
The Hidden Danger of High School Reunions and Why You Should Beware
April 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 that one going to one’s high school reunion and rekindling an old romance or finding new romance in a former high school friend was a recurring theme in […]
It Does Not Take Very Much to Trigger Holocaust Memories When You Are A Child of Holocaust Survivors
March 15, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The day was the ordinary. I ran errands. I went to Whole Foods for a dozen items that came to $44. I took my car in for service and went to pick it up. There were two more things I did. I watched the Today show as I do as many mornings as I can […]
Best Four Tips We Boomer Women Should Share About Menopause and Beyond
March 7, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma has written about how we should have friends that are at least ten years older than us so we can learn what faces us in life and friends that are at least ten years younger than us so we can pay it forward. There is no substitute for life experience and the wisdom […]
How the 2019 Color of the Year and A Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Are Connected
February 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Each year, this Grandma looks forward to some annually repeated news releases that some might think are trivial. I love the information annually on the most popular baby names. I love the information about the color of the year. These are not connected, but this year, the 2019 color of the year and dark chocolate […]
Baby Teeth to Adult Molars Information By Chart For Grandparents
February 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
With two baby grandchildren approaching a year old, we love the toothy smile of one and the incoming sharp little stubs of another. Yes, we remember our children and older grandchildren and baby teeth, but we grandparents never had a chart to refer to that explains kinds of teeth and when we might expect them […]
How Preteen and Teenage Grandchildren Are Like Cats
February 14, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Grandparenting preteens and teenagers is different than any other grandparenting stage. Grandparenting babies, whether a long distance or local, is intense. We have to follow the parents’ rules, whether strict or lax, or anything in between. We must be very concerned about safety and do not want anything to go wrong on our watch. Baby […]
How We Grandparents Can Share What Our Grandchildren Will Never Know Otherwise Part 1: Reading and Writing Cursive Is No Longer Taught to Our Grandchildren
February 6, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or write. Having a unique cursive signature was important when I was a child, and even in my adulthood. I went to my go to source, Wikipedia, for more information about […]
Five New Important Facts About Breast Milk That May Make Everyone A Believer Who Were Not Convinced Before That Breastfeeding is Preferable and Raises Some Questions That May Not Have Previously Been Considered
January 31, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma has written several posts about breastfeeding over the years, most saying that it should be a choice, nor guilting or forcing new mothers to do something too difficult for them or if they were unable to breastfeed. * My Mother breastfed me and my brother at a time when it was the only […]
I am one of the Boomer Women Who Personally Experienced Discrimination “On The Basis of Sex”
January 17, 2019 By Leave a Comment
I just saw the movie,“On the Basis of Sex,” and cannot share the “wow” moment in the movie for me without spoiling the movie for you. I am one of the Boomer women who personally experienced discrimination “on the basis of sex.” I know in my heart there are millions of us, with as many […]
Memorializing Family Rituals and Traditions in the New Year 2019
December 31, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The last two years, this Grandma’s New Year’s posts have been heavy and emotionally taxing. See post, 2018 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy 2018 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy This year, two years into retirement from […]
Enhance Your New York City Vacation As A Tourist With The Four Best Secrets of the New York Lifestyle of Our Boomer Friends
December 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This is what my dearest longest (we never say oldest) friend, a lifetime resident of New York City, taught me of secrets of the New York lifestyle that will greatly enhance your New York vacation experience: WHERE TO STAY Stay in a hotel in a residential area of Manhattan that has easy access to the […]
The Sunshine Symphony is The One Perpetually Award Winning Newborn, Baby, and Toddler Toy That Is A Must Have For Any New Parent
December 20, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Remember the scary clown phase where kids and adults alike were terrified? Every time my daughters and I look at The Sunshine Symphony by Neurosmith we comment that we just don’t get it. We adults think the bright yellow face, red nose, and large black outlined eyes, is almost spooky. However, with all of our […]
