Our eleven year old granddaughter, visiting for spring break, asked for a sandwich. Ever the doting grandmother, I had purchased three different kinds … [Continue reading]
Our Choice of Bread Defines Where We have Come From, Who We Are, and Sometimes Who We Aspire To Be
March 27, 2018 By 1 Comment
Teenagers are Like Two Year Old and We Must Remind the Parents of Our Grandchildren to Treat Them As Such
March 25, 2018 By 1 Comment
Oftentimes, in my twenty years as a family court judge, I found divorcing parents fighting over time with their teenagers. I was always confused. … [Continue reading]
Poop Should Not Be A Toy and We Grandparents Should Say Phooey to Poop Toys
March 20, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The article, “Toy Fair is Flush with Poo-inspired Games and Trinkets,” in the Washington Post February 24, 2018, by Mark Lennihan, has this Grandma … [Continue reading]
Golden Retriever Buddies Movies Are Boomer Grandparents’ Best Home Movie Friends
March 16, 2018 By Leave a Comment
We are in an era where families are having movie nights and board game nights and that is fabulous bonding time. I find that I am competing to take … [Continue reading]
Bugaboo Steps Aside for UPPAbaby
March 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
My favorite picture of myself as a baby has me sitting up in a huge fancy baby carriage. When I had my first child, now nearly 45 years ago, I looked … [Continue reading]
Happiness is Now Taught In College As the Younger Generation Seems to Need Be Taught What Happiness Is
March 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The big news across media platforms that are viewed by us Boomers is Professor Laurie Santos’s “Psychology and the Good Life,” course at Yale that has … [Continue reading]
Two Best Baked Apple Recipes With No Added Sugar For Toddlers To Adults
March 6, 2018 By Leave a Comment
We know sugar is our enemy. As a post menopausal woman, I was advised that my body could not process sugar but could process fat, and that I should … [Continue reading]
Put The Lion King on Your Radar Screen: The Large Screen, the Small Screen and On the Stage
March 2, 2018 By Leave a Comment
"The Lion King" live stage musical is the most successful production of any work in any media in entertainment, and it deserves to be. It is having a … [Continue reading]
Why We Should We Stop Teaching Our Children and Grandchildren to Hug, Kiss, and Even Shake Hands Upon Greeting Others and What We Should Advocate Instead
February 27, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Just this past week, Grandpa and I went to see a new doctor whose office was located inside a local hospital. The doctor’s nurse who greeted us … [Continue reading]
Inter-generational Friendships and Paying It Forward In the Decades of Life
February 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Hearing my oldest daughter appreciate advice she received from someone who is a decade older who has already been through what my daughter is now … [Continue reading]
We Grandparents Are Role Models For Civics and Civility And Good Manners To Our Grandchildren And More
February 20, 2018 By Leave a Comment
I grimace and shake my head every time I am stopped at a crosswalk and a person with earbuds staring at his or her phone walks into the street without … [Continue reading]
Pizza For Breakfast Is Finally Getting the Respect It Deserves and This Grandma’s Case For a Breakfast Feast Grandchildren Would Want For Breakfast, Part II
February 16, 2018 By Leave a Comment
If you follow this blog, you will already know that this Grandma is obsessed with the concept of “Pizza for Breakfast” as a special grandma treat when … [Continue reading]
Surprise at the Continuing Misunderstanding Regarding Joint Custody and What Grandparents Should Know About How To Handle Disputes Between the Parents of Our Grandchildren
February 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Grandparents should only take one side in disputes between the parents of our grandchildren–the side of the grandchildren. Parental disputes mean … [Continue reading]
What We Should Know About Science Daily, Tell the Parents of Our Grandchildren about It, and What Is Reported About when To Introduce Foods to Babies
February 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
My brother forwarded me an article about a report on when to introduce foods to babies in an online publication called “Science Daily.” In addition … [Continue reading]
The Six Best Reasons For Boomer Grandparents to Buy an iPhone X
February 3, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This is the first time in this Grandma‘s life that I am finally considered the most cool by my grandchildren. Why? Because PopPop (grandpa) and I got … [Continue reading]
What Purple, The 2018 Color of the Year, Has To Do With The Washington Post and The New York Times Rivalry And A Subliminal Political Message for The Coming Year
January 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The Color Purple has a history in our family before the 1985 outstanding movie with Whoopi Goldberg. In 1982, our youngest daughter was three. She … [Continue reading]
The Cause Of and the Cure For “The New Grandma Backache”
January 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Even if you’re not yet a grandma or you’re a grandma of many grandchildren, here is what you need to know about “The New Grandma Backache.” This is … [Continue reading]
Best Five Tips for Experiencing Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland
January 18, 2018 By Leave a Comment
In this past first year of retirement, Grandpa and I traveled several continents and finished those Wonders of the World Lists that are safe to visit, … [Continue reading]
Best Easy Make Ahead Baked French Toast For Holiday Brunches And Five More Special French Toast Recipes For Grandchildren Visits
January 9, 2018 By Leave a Comment
One of the most requested breakfasts from our grandchildren is for this Grandma to make french toast, especially on a school day, where Grandma has … [Continue reading]
