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Copy of Divorce Should Always Be A Last Resort, Even For “Gray” Divorces, Part II
In The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, February 7, 2022, Amy Dickinson’s column concerned a thirty seven year marriage and a wife in...
Jun 30, 20247 min read
To Have the Most Access to and the Best Relationship with Your Grandchildren, Always Go First to the Parent of Your Grandchildren Who is Your Child About Any Issue
I initially wrote this blog post a few years ago. One long (we never say old) dear friend has a new baby grandson who lives nearby with...
Sep 2, 20239 min read
The Best Relationship Advice of Two Questions This Grandma Has Learned to Share With Grandchildren
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...
Jun 3, 20234 min read
The Six Episodes of A Real Marriage of Movie Icons Paul Newman and JoAnn Woodward Will Provide Insight That Can Improve Your Own Relationship
As a family court judge, I served to dissolve tens of thousands of marriages over twenty years. Ethan Hawke (I had heard of him but knew...
Aug 13, 20225 min read
Divorce Should Always Be A Last Resort, Even For “Gray” Divorces, Part II
In The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, February 7, 2022, Amy Dickinson’s column concerned a thirty seven year marriage and a wife in...
Apr 9, 20227 min read
Divorce Should Always Be A Last Resort, Even For “Gray” Divorces, Part I
In The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, February 7, 2022, Amy Dickinson’s column concerned a thirty seven year marriage, and a wife...
Apr 1, 20224 min read
Gray Divorce is not About What You Are Reading In the Media: Hear It From A Retired Family Court Judge
The media hoopla around the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates is the impetus for this blog post and my sharing of my thoughts on “gray”...
May 30, 20219 min read
To Have the Most Access to and the Best Relationship with Your Grandchildren, Always Go First to the Parent of Your Grandchildren Who is Your Child About Any Issue
I initially wrote this blog post a few years ago, long before the word “pandemic” was in our everyday vocabulary and has taken over our...
Mar 7, 20219 min read
The Hidden Danger of High School Reunions and Why You Should Beware
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...
Apr 19, 20195 min read
This Grandma Has Just Upped the Acceptable Marriage Age For Her Grandchildren
“Life is making choices and living with the consequences of the choices we make.” In Boomers’ parents’ age, that saying meant once you...
Aug 29, 20184 min read
Why We Boomers Should Respect and Acknowledge the Long Term Marriages Among Us
Being fortunate to be able to celebrate the anniversary of long years of our marriage, this Grandma appreciates what it took Grandpa and...
Sep 26, 20176 min read
Just When “Mom” and “Dad” Lose Favor With One Generation They Gain A New Definition with Another In the Fast New World of Social Media
This Grandma tries hard to keep up with the fast moving Internet effect on our changing world. It is the 12th anniversary of Facebook,...
Dec 22, 20163 min read
Sometimes Double Proof is Better to Show Grandpa that “Happy Wife, Happy Life” Is Always the Way to
Sometimes this Grandma holds on to a post idea about a study for years. Sometimes, the post idea about a study eventually seems...
Nov 4, 20164 min read
Is G-Date, Grandparent Date, the Dating Service Misnamed
The Hebrew Nursing Home in Riverdale, New York, is in the news. The New York Times, July 12, 2016, reporting on it, in “Too Old For Sex:...
Jul 26, 20162 min read
How Boomer Grandmas Can Get Out the Message That Modern Marriage Has Changed And Can Be Wonderful If
We Boomer Grandmas have a vested interest in promoting marriage in this decade. After all, we know that a committed healthy relationship...
Jun 14, 20166 min read
Our Grandchildren Will Grow Up Just Fine Even Though We Are Not Raising Them, Even In Today’s Society When the Parents May Or May Not Be Married
A brand-new grandpa came up to me to show me the pictures of his new granddaughter. He was beaming just like all new grandparents. He...
Feb 23, 20165 min read
Eight Tips of What to Do or Not Do When You Want to be a Grandma but the Future Parents to be Are Not Cooperating
This Grandma writes often about our generation not being our parents’ generation. I speak of it about the way we think, the way we act,...
Sep 14, 20156 min read
Grandma’s Top three Tips to Help the Marriage of the Parents of the Grandchildren Avoid the Doldrums
In this Grandma’s era of a mid term marriage in the doldrums, it was called the “seven year itch.” Now, it seems it is called the “ten...
Sep 6, 20155 min read
Grace and Frankie, and Grandma Find a Home on Netflix, If Only We Could Turn On Our Smart TV
There are some admissions this Grandma can make in this blog that she would never admit out loud. This Grandma can remember coming home...
Jun 3, 20154 min read
Grandma’s Changing Role and Relationship With Grandchildren As They and We Live Longer
This Grandma always says we never get older, we live longer. That is different with our grandchildren. They cannot seem to want to wait...
May 14, 20155 min read
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