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Missing the magical ordinary days 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Today marks six weeks since I've seen my grandsons. It seems so very much longer than that, as I'm so very much missing the magic of their ordinary days. Days that looked like this last time I was wi...
Exhaustion, perspective, and GRAND Social No. 67 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Our kids regularly put things in perspective for us. That doesn't change once the nest empties out, I was reminded once again yesterday. I spent nearly all day Saturday in my yard pulling weeds. We h...
What I learned this week: One way my eldest daughter is not like me 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
My eldest daughter, Brianna, is very much like me. She and I enjoy the same books, same movies, same music — for the most part (that silly girl adores country music far more than I ever will). We lik...
Back-to-school books for all ages, including grandmas 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I've always resisted any hoopla about "summer reads" and such, as summer has always been the time I'm least likely to read. Unless I'm sitting in a car or plane while traveling, there's far too much t...
Picture this: If you give a squirrel something sweet 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
This is what happens when a squirrel discovers hummingbird food spilled on the deck railing: All cleaned up lickety split! Today's question: Considering yesterday's giveaway post for Munch! and tod...
In the Back Room: A giveaway for grownup stuff and a giveaway for kiddo stuff 21 Aug 2013 | 03:35 am
I have two great giveaways going on now in the Back Room: For the grownups, there's a Cedar Cove prize package that includes a $25 Amazon gift certificate, a beanie, books and more. And for the kidd...
New mom possessiveness: Seeking help from the grandmahood 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I recently received an email from a pregnant mother who will soon have her first child. As the baby's birth nears, the new mom wrote, she's having difficulty coming to terms with the intense, scary an...
Weekend woes plus GRAND Social No. 66 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Sometimes the weekends don't go quite as one might hope they would. This past weekend was exactly that way for my daughter Megan and her family. The weekend started off all wrong for poor Megan. Afte...
What I learned this week: Aha moments on ears, Tori Amos, and swingers 16 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I like to learn new things all the time. Sometimes those things are big, sometimes not so big at all. This week what I learned leaned more to the latter — yet interesting to me just the same. EARS Di...
5 things I do different in an empty nest 15 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
My nest was full for a good 20-plus years. Then one by one, my three girlie birds flew away. It took a while to get used to the empty spaces and absent faces, but I'd say I'm now past the mourning ph...
