PopPop died five years and two months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It is not pure luck. It was hard work and ups and...

For our children and grandchildren, PopPop’s obituary was published in the Sun Sentinel, Sunday, March 11, 2023. It will always be on...

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...

This Grandma immediately goes to one of three sources for personalized gifts, especially new baby gifts, Chad and Jake, Pottery Barn...

2022 is a year where memories are especially important. Covid has made us realize that time and time together is precious. We want the...

According to the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV ) is the most common sexually transmitted...

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...

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...

This Grandma has written several posts about breastfeeding over the years, most saying that it should be a choice, nor guilting or...

This Grandma made an annual appointment for the gynecologist.  I received a call from the office right before the appointment.  They...

Here is a short true-false quiz: (persistent is defined as two weeks or more) If you have persistent bad breath it may be a sign of...

“23 and Me” ads are all over the television.  So many people gifted this ancestry and their health genetic testing or other companies’...

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...

My brother forwarded me an article about a report on when to introduce foods to babies in an online publication called “Science Daily.” ...

This Grandma listens to her elders.  They have the wisdom and experience of long years.  GG (Great Grandmother), my mother-in-law, now...

May is Melanoma Awareness month. In Florida, we do not have to remind ourselves that the sun is strong, but we may have to remind those...

This Grandma read the book, “The Red Tent,” but does not remember it, other than the book being enthralling at the time.   Now watching...

“On siblings who don’t help with an elderly parent’s care,” was the title of advice given by a reader of Carolyn Hax’s column while she...

This Grandma has had the same dermatologist for forty years.  Gulp!  It is hard to believe that I have used the same doctor for that many...

This Grandma did not know about nut allergies when her children were young.  Now it seems that child nut allergies are rampant.  A recent...