Grandmothers Then and Now For years my grandmother cooked on a wood stove….year round Now I complain it’s too hot too cook and pick up carry out pizza My grandmother raised a garden, hoed it, fertilized it, picked the vegetables and dug the potatoes….then she canned for the winter months and stored the food in…
My Grandmother’s Love One day this week I was cleaning up what was left of supper and there was about two tablespoons of corn and two tablespoons of macaroni and cheese. Instead of throwing it away I put each in a small plastic container and stuck them in the refrigerator. Suddenly I saw Grandma Layne…
Giving the Perfect Gift-Listening and knowing the gift recipient Once upon a time (I just love stories that start this way, don’t you?) There was a young woman who loved shopping. She shopped for her children and later for her grandchildren. She gifted them with things they loved and they all appreciated her thoughtfulness. What…
Back to School Gifts (Disclaimer- I’m an Amazon Affiliate and I do receive a very small commission if you purchase any of the items on my list) Even if you don’t live close to your grandchildren you know that when it’s time to go back to school there is excitement in the air! Those little…
Grandparents are Extremely Important People Research from the University of Oxford proves what many of us already knew. The study said, “A high level of grandparental involvement in creases the well-being of children. A study of more than 1,500 children showed that those with a high level of grandparental involvement had fewer emotional and behavioral…
My Grandmother’s Life I come from a family of teachers but my grandmother wasn’t one of them. At least not if you mean college educated, classroom teacher. But she was a master teacher of life lessons and she taught with such humility. My Grandmother’s life taught me…. Humility is a good thing. There are so…
The Faith-Filled Grandmother While I was visiting with friends they ask me about the process of writing my latest book and they found it interesting so I thought I would share it with you too. It’s a good reminder to “never say never.” After I wrote the book Mom PhD in 2004 I thought I…
The Faith-Filled Grandmother They say writing a book is like having a baby. I’m not sure I totally agree, but I know why they say that. The process is tedious and lonely at times. You feel like it will never be finished, even though you know it eventually will. And then when it finally arrives…
The Opioid Crisis As many of you know I have a book coming out early next year specifically for grandmothers. This post isn’t a promotional piece about my book (although you can read about and pre-order it by clicking here). This post is about what I learned while working on the book concerning opioid crisis. One of…
Grandparent Journals Disclaimer-Bluestreak Books sent me these great books AND is providing a prize pack for one of my lucky readers! All thoughts and opinions are my own! What would be the perfect gift for your grandparents for Mother’s and Father’s Day? What about a beautiful set of journals so they can record their memories…
Cute Things Grandchildren Say My three year old grandson calls blueberries “Bwewberries.” I can’t make myself correct him because it sounds so sweet. When our twins were very young they referred to golf clubs as “golf plugs” and when they wanted a tissue for their nose they asked for a “tennis shoe.” This stage doesn’t…
Our Son’s wedding was Saturday. He married his high school sweetheart…actually they met in 6th grade. They have loved each other since then. Hurricane Harvey remnants were in Kentucky and we had several inches of rain on Friday (nothing like what they did in Texas) but enough to make the ground very soggy. It was…
