Downsize and Organize for the New Year
We grandmas can do our adult children a big favor by downsizing our possessions while we still have the mental and physical energy instead of leaving the responsibility to them.
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Health Advice – Be Like Your Grandparents
Today’s young families can learn some valuable health advice from their grandparents and start the New Year off on the right foot.
Read More »Éclair Goes to Stella’s Engages Early Readers
Éclair Goes to Stella’s is an engaging chapter book by Michelle Weidenbenner. 7-year old Éclair bonds with her eccentric grandma and learns some valuable lessons.
Read More »A Delicious Way to Meditate
While my 6-month old granddaughter slumbered in my lap, I studied her chubby little arm and noticed babies have no wrists. What a delicious way to meditate.
Read More »Giving Events and Experiences for Holiday Gifts
For the holidays this year, grandparents can give gifts of events and experiences, which are incredibly enriching and valuable alternatives to giving material gifts.
Read More »Adapting to Our Changing Thanksgiving Traditions
Our Thanksgiving traditions are changing and we need to adapt. Families move, relationships change, beliefs change, our loved ones pass on and we need to learn to be flexible.
Read More »Limiting Children’s Cell Phone Use
Smart phones and technology are a tremendous asset to our lives, but overuse can take away from real world experiences like reading and being outdoors. How do you limit use without conflict?
Read More »How Do You Handle Disappointment?
We must learn to handle life’s disappointments with each new experience. Here are tips to get you through disappointments that happen during the holidays.
Read More »Improv Nurtures Imagination in Grandchildren
Human beings are improvisers by nature and children improvise all day long. Improv is an excellent way to nurture imagination in your grandchildren.
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