Amazing Nanas I love reading stories about grandmothers who either do exceptional things, or have unusual things happen to them. Here are a few recent news stories I thought you might enjoy. Cindy Singley saw an ad advertising martial arts lessons. Three of her grandchildren signed up and so did she! This 62 year old…
Three seams pillowcase We sat at her kitchen table that summer morning, drawing her pink geraniums. She let me use her pastels, so much more magical than crayons, and we worked on real charcoal drawing paper from the art supply store. My grandma had cancer by then. Long enough ago, when the treatments were experimental,…
What do you wish you had done differently? The other day I was in the grocery store. The cashier was ringing up my purchases and while I was waiting on her I listened in on two gentlemen who were nearby. They were dressed in overalls and probably farmers sitting waiting for their wives. I couldn’t…
Is there a song or songs you remember your grandparent or parent singing to you as a child? Perhaps they rocked you to sleep while singing it. Here are some new lullabies you don’t want to miss.
Improving Relationships With Adult Children Life is complicated. You knew that, right. Today I went into a store to pay a bill and for some reason the lady started telling me about her dad and how she couldn’t decide whether or not to travel to another state to go see him this Christmas. It seemed…
Meet Miss Kentucky, Molly Matney Those of us who have watched Molly grow up and who know her parents and grandparents, couldn’t be more thrilled to say we know Miss Kentucky! Molly lives in the same small community I do (Metcalfe County) and before I go any further I just have to tell you that…
When it comes to communicating with your adult children, where do you get stuck? I posed this question to the 25 grandmothers (we call them GaGas) attending our January 15 meeting and added, is it around discipline, visitation, values or boundaries? All of the above, and more, they answered. One member said: “All I have…
There’s a common misconception by younger generations that getting older sucks. I am not going to lie, there are some physical challenges but aging today isn’t like it was 50 to 100 years ago. We have many more choices than our mothers and grandmothers did. We also have access to better health care and that…
Over the years I have listened to various opinions about why or why not children should wear child harnesses, or leashes, as they are sometimes called. The people who have opposed and criticized them say that if children are watched closely enough they are not needed. Recently I asked the grandmothers on NanaHood’s Facebook page what…
I had intended to write a post about something else today, but it can wait. I can’t stop thinking about the attacks in Paris and wishing there was something I could do. I believe there is ALWAYS something we can do to help. Within a few seconds of wishing I knew what to do I…
Have you ever had a memory hit you so hard that it feels like someone or something has knocked the breath right out of you? Something that you had forgotten, or pushed deep inside, and hadn’t thought about it years. Yesterday I was at my daughter’s house and I was rocking her baby and singing…
“More than nine million people have been affected in the Philippines. Many are now struggling to survive without food, shelter or clean drinking water.” BBC News Day 13 of 30 Days of Thanks The Ability to Help The Philippine death toll continues to rise as rescuers reach remote areas. If you have seen the news…
