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#GrandmaProject Report & Books for 2 yr olds?
So I thought I ought to return and report on how the #GrandmaProject went during the holidays. I’m happy to note that: No grandchildren were lost or injured during the holidays No parents or grandparents were lost or injured during the holidays In fact, there was an extreme level of sheer happiness for the grandparents…
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The Christmas #GrandmaProject
When I began the #GrandmaProject—oh my goodness!—almost two years ago, I’d planned to keep you all updated about my progress toward becoming an awesome grandma. But then my son got transferred out of state and the #GrandmaProject turned into a long distance project. Thank heavens for texting and FaceTime or I’d have gone into deep…
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Life Patterns
There is a story that I sort of remember my grandmother telling me (or it might have been my mom, I can’t be sure. Memory is tricky, you know.) When her mother left England to come to this country, her mother (my grandmother’s grandmother if you’re trying to keep track) fainted in the train station…
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Why I Love Being a Grandma (#GrandmaProject)
I know there are people who are traumatized about becoming a grandma. I am not one of those people. I LOVE being a mom and I LOVE being a grandma. I try not to be one of those people who pull out pictures of their grand babies for perfect strangers. But I don’t try very…
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A #GrandmaProject Update
As I crawl piteously from the “nasty summer cold” zone, and my brain begins to (creakily) turn over once more, I thought it might be time for a Grandma Project update. If you follow my blog at all, then you know we got a twofer when my son’s wife gave birth to twins. I knew…