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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
Mother-in-law and Mother Relationship Can be The Same and How to Thrive Being An In-Law Father, In-law Mother, and Importantly, In-law Grandparents
This post is dedicated to a dear friend who just entered into a new phase in her life, that of being a mother-in-law. Yes, there is a...
Jan 24, 20243 min read
The Five Best Rules and Regulations For In-Law Parents and All Grandparents That Make Them The Indispensable Go-To Grandparents
Why does this Grandma use the terms “rules and Regulations” and for “in-law parents”? If you, the reader, are asking, then you are new to...
Oct 27, 20234 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
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, F
Women’s History Month, since 1987, is celebrated the entire month of March each year, a celebration of the contributions of strong women...
May 6, 20234 min read
When As a Grandparent, You Are Asked If You Love The First Grandchild the Best
Returning to Fort Lauderdale on Jet Blue, our preferred carrier between New York and Florida, a young father (and they are looking...
Feb 25, 20234 min read
The Five Most Important Reasons Why and When NOT To Put Wedding and Family Photographs Away When The Parents of Our Grandchildren Get Divorced
I have addressed this issue before, and seems that it is time to address it again. Sometimes simple answers do not provide a complete...
Nov 13, 20224 min read
In Honor of Grandparents Day 2022, This Grandma Shares the Top Ten Tips on Grand parenting and a Link To Best Tips in the Archives for New Grandparents
Grandparents Day, a day to show the bond between grandparents and grandchildren, is an official national holiday in the United States,...
Sep 4, 20226 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
The Best Advice to Give Our Sons and Grandsons After the Roe v. Wade Decision is to Wear A Condom Or They May Be Giving A Large Percentage of Their Net Income for Eighteen Years To A Woman Whose Last
The above advice was how I started a speech to a professional legal group, mostly men, when I was a sitting Florida family court judge...
Jul 9, 20224 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
Honoring My Mother-In-Law Today and Forever
Ten years ago, I wrote a blog post about my mother-in-law, “My Mother-in-Law, the Star,” honoring her and everything about her which made...
Nov 6, 20216 min read
From Facebook About How Living Longer Brings Learning and Wisdom To Share to Improve Quality of Life
This Grandma is new to social media. When I was a sitting judge in Florida, I was constrained from participating in social media. I...
Oct 30, 20213 min read
From Facebook About How Living Longer Brings Learning and Wisdom To Share to Improve Quality of Life
This Grandma is new to social media. When I was a sitting judge in Florida, I was constrained from participating in social media. I never...
Sep 19, 20213 min read
The Five Most Important Reasons Why and When NOT To Put Wedding and Family Photographs Away When The
In the May 18, 2021, Washington Pos t, Ms. Manners answered the following question at the end of her advice column: “Dear Miss Manners:...
Aug 8, 20213 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
A New Scientific Study Shows How We Grandparents Cause Ill Will Between Us and the Parents of Our Gr
“Half of Parents Report Butting Heads with Child’s Grandparent Over Parenting,” is a new study from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital...
Aug 19, 202010 min read
Twelve Tips on How We Grandparents Can Help the Parents of Our Grandchildren Survive Home 24-7 With Their Children
This Grandma tells the parents of our grandchildren that if they lament that a grandchild is behind in a skill or learning that the...
Apr 1, 20206 min read
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