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]
Two For One Summer Savings for Activities and More in Fort Lauderdale So Take a Look at Vacationing Here This Summer
July 17, 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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Feeding Grandchildren Dessert First Is Good Science For Grandma and Now A Scientific Study Confirms it is Good for All of Us
June 26, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When our eldest daughter told us she was pregnant, I attended a conference where there were many friends and acquaintances who were already … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
We Boomers Are in Medical La La Land If We Do Not Expect Medical Issues To Permeate Our Lives Now and NUMBER ONE TIP For Medical Survival Through Our Seventies
June 5, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma has been living in medical La La Land. GG (Great Grandmother, now age 95) said live to the fullest and travel in ‘Young Old’ which is … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
All Grandmas Have A Magic Recipe That Even Children Not Their Own Grandchildren Love and Here is a Favorite For Magic Cookie Bars
May 15, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Our oldest grandchildren were excited to visit us in Florida for spring break, and were even more excited that our younger grandchildren’s grandmother … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Petting Zoo Animals Can Transmit Highly Virulent Drug Resistant Bacteria to Children and Best Tips if You Decide to Go Anyway
May 2, 2019 By Leave a Comment
That petting zoo animals can transmit highly virulent drug resistant bacteria to children is not what this Grandma wanted to read on Science Daily … [Continue reading]
One Day University is Just Enough Of Lifelong Learning To Keep Our Boomer Brains Blossoming
April 26, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Once Grandpa and I finally settled into semi-retirement mode, we started paying attention to our friends who had preceded us into leisure time, and … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Happy Caterpillar’s 50th Birthday Happiness and Eric Carle’s Talent and Creativity To Share With Our Grandchildren
April 10, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma remembers some books from our children’s childhoods, some even by heart nearly fifty years later. Mostly, those are Dr. Seuss rhymes. … [Continue reading]
Curated List of 309 Best Mother’s Day Gifts To Choose From or Craft For Every Kind of Mother and Grandmother At Every Price Point for Mother’s Day 2019
April 3, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma is hooked on the apps that give you options to select a topic and read dozens and dozens of articles from any source, and even from … [Continue reading]
Layered Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Double Stuffed Oreos, and Triple Fudge Brownie Mix is An Overload of Sweetness To Bake With Grandchildren
March 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
It took a radio host to advise listeners that March 6, 1912 was when Oreo cookies were introduced to the world. The original Oreo creator would be … [Continue reading]
The Water is Back on in Cape Town and You Should Add This City of Wonders to Your Travel to South Africa Again With This Best Itinerary for Cape Town
March 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
It seems that the fact that Cape Town, South Africa, was rationing water and near “day zero” was causing tourists to stay away from this wonderful … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
