It is not without irony that 2020 is ushered in with the death of the last living Holocaust survivor from our family. My Mother, GG (Great … [Continue reading]
Becoming the Matriarch of a Holocaust Survivor Family in 2020, Seventy Five Years after the Holocaust
January 8, 2020 By Leave a Comment
When As A Grandparent, You Are Asked If You Love The First Grandchild the Best
January 1, 2020 By Leave a Comment
When the first grandchild is born, it is a life passage event for the parents, but it is also a life passage event for the grandparents. The entire … [Continue reading]
The Three Best Tips on How to Introduce Our Grandchildren to Sesame Streets’ Breakthroughs, As Relevant Today As They Were Fifty Years Ago
December 25, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Sesame Street is 50 years old! For us Boomer grandparents, that means that our children were the first to experience Sesame Street. The concept was … [Continue reading]
New York Magazine’s Top Rated Family Board Games on Amazon Make Winners For This Holiday Season and Beyond
December 18, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When the holidays are coming, this Grandma is looking for alternatives to electronics for the grandchildren that they will be interested in enough to … [Continue reading]
How To Select the Best Award Winning Toys For All Ages For Holidays 2019
December 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics. Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during Face Time and … [Continue reading]
Missing Thanksgiving Magic – Cookie Bars — and Significant Family Presence
December 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Thanksgiving our youngest daughter, our son-in-law, and their three of our precious grandchildren did not make it to Florida. Our grandson, their … [Continue reading]
Matching Books and Organic Sleepwear For Sizes Two to Ten Make the Best Holiday Gift for 2019
November 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren. Hatley is one of them. … [Continue reading]
If You Have A Toddler Grandchild, Baby Shark Has Already Invaded Your Brain, and Will Add To Your Holiday Shopping List
November 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
On our last visit to our youngest grandchild, a toddler, his eight year old brother was humming a tune we grandparents were not familiar with. We … [Continue reading]
Fake Food Now Extends to Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese When the Real Thing is Grandchildren’s Favorite
November 13, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Grandpa and I just returned from Sicily and Malta, where farm to table is the norm. The food was natural and fresh with no preservatives, not like … [Continue reading]
The Explosion Cake With A Special Surprise To Make For or With Grandchildren
November 6, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma makes reservations. As a working mother, I rarely cooked and never baked. My Mother, GG Frieda, was an outstanding cook and even more … [Continue reading]
Grandma’s Top Five Cleanliness in Public Tips For Grandchildren
October 30, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When our eldest was being toilet trained, she fixated on only using the home toilet. We had to return home for her to go or, the good news and bad … [Continue reading]
If Allowances Are A Tool To Teach About Money, How Grandparents’ “Bank” Is Perfect
October 23, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The Harris Poll recently did a survey for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants about parents’ allowances for children, reported in … [Continue reading]
Five Best Tips To Maximize and Personalize Your Group Tour or Travel to Anywhere in the World
October 16, 2019 By Leave a Comment
PopPop and I consider ourselves world travelers. After all, we have conquered all the wonders of the world on every world list, except two in … [Continue reading]
Grandparents Also need a Handy List of Questions to Ask Grandchildren That Will Get Them To Share About Their Day
October 9, 2019 By Leave a Comment
We grandparents have Face Time. We grandparents have texting. We grandparents have old fashioned telephone contact. When we ask our … [Continue reading]
The “Game Of Life” Has Changed Drastically Even For Our Early Elementary Grandchildren With More Choices Than We Boomer Grandparents Ever Imagined
October 2, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The 50th Anniversary of “The Game Of Life” is considered the classic edition. The original game came out in 1960, when this Grandma was at the end of … [Continue reading]
Remembering My Father and the Meaningfulness of How Many Years Ago He Passed
September 25, 2019 By Leave a Comment
It is the tradition of our Jewish faith to remember the anniversary of the death of our loved ones by lighting a Yahrzeit memorial candle.* September … [Continue reading]
Convincing Adults to Get the HPV Vaccine For Themselves Is a Hard Sell When Maybe It Should Not Be In Certain Circumstances
September 18, 2019 By Leave a Comment
According to the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, … [Continue reading]
A Spiritual Leader’s Recollected Life Lesson to Share with Grandchildren
September 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The Catholic Priest gave this homily* at the funeral of a dear friend recently. As he spoke, I recalled that I had heard this life lesson repeated … [Continue reading]
Our Granddaughter’s Twinning at Yad Vashem’s Special Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tour And You Can Do it For Your Teen Too, In Your Home Town, Without Going to Jerusalem, Israel
September 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Holocaust Education is mandated in many states and children all over the United States are taught the horrors of targeting people just because of … [Continue reading]
Our Second Outstanding Stay with Extraordinary Service at the Iconic and Exceptional King David in Jerusalem and Best Tips for Your Stay With Children and Teens
August 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When you stay at the King David, it is staying at a Jerusalem icon and it is an experience during which you are spoiled. As with the top hotels in the … [Continue reading]
