QUESTION NUMBER ONE Do you want to be helped, heard or hugged? How many times has someone dear to us been upset and we mistake their desire of … [Continue reading]
The Best Relationship Advice of Two Questions This Grandma Has Learned to Share With Grandchildren and Use With Grandchildren, and Everyone Else For That Matter
June 3, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Ten of the Best Creative and Useful Gifts From Grandparents For New Parents Up To Parents of Toddlers and Preschoolers
May 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma always says that when I was a mother it was really the dark ages, we knew little and had little access to information other than from Dr. … [Continue reading]
You and Those You Love Playing Games With Will Be “Transformed” by Catan, an Award Winning Board Game Created By Klaus Teuber and Played Around the World
May 12, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Because it mentioned our family’s beloved board game, Catan, in the title, I immediately went to an article in the New York Times, April 7, 2023, “The … [Continue reading]
Learning How Far We Women Lawyers and Judges Have Come, What Can Propel Us Forward, and Where We May Go. Celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day at the 17th Judicial Circuit, Florida- “Broward’s Women Leaders, A Celebration of Women in the Legal Community”
May 6, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Women’s History Month, since 1987, is celebrated the entire month of March each year, a celebration of the contributions of strong women from the past … [Continue reading]
ChatGPT Wrote This Blog Post. Part II. How Can We Boomers and Grandparents Use ChatGPT for information and writing? Can Chat GPT be useful to Boomers and grandparents who want to share family history and preserve family memories?
April 22, 2023 By Leave a Comment
After reading The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 6, 2023, article about ChatGPT, “The Robots Have Finally Come For My Job,” by Greg Ip. and the … [Continue reading]
ChatGPT Wrote This Blog Post. Part One: What is ChatGPT and Why Do We Care? Can Chat GPT be useful to grandparents who want to share family history and preserve family memories?
April 13, 2023 By Leave a Comment
The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 6, 2023, had an article about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT that is scary for us grandparents, … [Continue reading]
Two Important Tips About Using Amazon You Probably Never Knew and More About How Amazon Participates in Charitable Giving and How You Can Easily Too, Especially With Spring Cleaning Season Upon Us
April 1, 2023 By Leave a Comment
As an Amazon shopper, I know the negative vibe. If you shop Amazon consistently, you are putting small businesses out of business. I comfort … [Continue reading]
Archives Must Reads For New Grandparents. Part II What To Buy, From Equipment to Toys and Gifts
March 26, 2023 By Leave a Comment
As this Grandma said in Part I, a dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for new grandmas … [Continue reading]
Stephen Fred Goldenberg AKA PopPop Obituary
March 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
For our children and grandchildren, PopPop’s obituary was published in the Sun Sentinel, Sunday, March 11, 2023. It will always be on the … [Continue reading]
Archives Must Reads For New Grandparents: Part I Grandma Lessons and Tips
March 12, 2023 By Leave a Comment
A dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for new grandmas from my archives. I wanted to … [Continue reading]
When We Boomers, Our Adult Children, and Our Grandchildren Too, Need A Movie Bathroom Break Without Missing Anything Significant in the Movie, There Is An App For That
March 3, 2023 By Leave a Comment
My mother insists that she toilet trained me at six months. I told her she was trained and could not go anywhere. My mother demurred. Running … [Continue reading]
When As a Grandparent, You Are Asked If You Love The First Grandchild the Best
February 25, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Blog.1.22.23. When As a Grandparent, You Are Asked If You Love The First Grandchild the Best Returning to Fort Lauderdale on Jet Blue, our … [Continue reading]
In Our Society, Most Teenagers and Preteens Have Seen Online Pornography, Hear Pornographic Lyrics, A Six Year Old Child Shot His Teacher, and That is Not The Worst of It
February 16, 2023 By Leave a Comment
When my grandchildren are in the car with me, I always have Pop Hits I on Sirius. I want to relate to them and their music. . . or so I thought. … [Continue reading]
We Boomer Grandparents Should Consider Being Realistic About Pet Adoption and Include Our Fur Babies in Our Wills and/or Create a Pet Trust for Their Care Upon Our Disability or Death
February 9, 2023 By Leave a Comment
When PopPop and I were ready to adopt two kittens, we were asked if we had plans for their care after our deaths as their life expectancy is twenty … [Continue reading]
Truth, Like Beauty, Is In The Eye Of the Beholder And The Best Advice I Ever Received On How To Keep Your Truth To Yourself
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
I first started writing this blog because my Judicial Assistant, who became and is a dear long (we never say old) friend, was going to become a … [Continue reading]
New Technology gives us a Self Driving Stroller If You Want To Spend As Much as We Boomers Spent on Our First Cars and After A Serious Look Arguably is Justified in 2023
January 15, 2023 By Leave a Comment
When my father used to tell my brother and me that he bought a loaf of rye bread for a nickel, and we had to buy a loaf of rye bread for a quarter, he … [Continue reading]
Why and How Instagram Taught Me To Search “Life Hacks” For Simple Solutions to Daily Tasks. Who Knew How Really Helpful Ice Cubes Can Be
January 7, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Instagram taught me to search “Life Hacks” on Google for simple solutions to daily tasks! Instagram is an application (app) that my preteen … [Continue reading]
Please Do Not Wait To Tell Your Loved Ones What They Mean to You
January 1, 2023 By Leave a Comment
We grandparents are at the age when it is getting harder to say we are young. When age 80 is closer than I want to admit, although I work at looking … [Continue reading]
For the New Year 2023, How Do Grandparents Measure the Year
December 25, 2022 By Leave a Comment
“Seasons of Love,” the song from the award winning Broadway play, “Rent,” starts out: “five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. … [Continue reading]
