Happy Mother's Day to the leading ladies
/In celebration of the mothers who lead all the others...
♥ HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, DEAR GRAND ONES! ♥
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Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, reviews, recipes, grandma profiles, and more.
In celebration of the mothers who lead all the others...
♥ HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, DEAR GRAND ONES! ♥
Dear Mr. Sedaka,
You were so right. I know that it's true. Breaking up is hard to do. Especially for teens, when true love seems a fickle, heartbreaking foe.
I do know how difficult breaking up can be. I've been there, done that. Long, long ago, admittedly one of the billions of boomers who once sang away heartbreak blues crooning along to your catchy, comforting tune.
I'm decades removed from being a youngster longing for love. And in the years since breakups with beaus broke my heart, I've found something more difficult to do than breaking up, Mr. Sedaka. And that's shutting up.
Trust me: It's waaaay harder to do than breaking up.
I'm not talking about shutting up regarding social or personal injustice. No one should ...
Sole model
My daughter Megan has a great resource for buying and selling used goods. It's a Facebook community group called Swip Swap, and all those buying and selling are located in her community. You post something for sale or something that you want, and in no time there's a swap going on between folks mere minutes apart.
Megan has bought and sold quite a bit through Swip Swap. Saturday evening she texted me a photo of some great running shoes she wondered if I'd want that were just $10. I said, "Sure!" She said, "Sold!"
Soon after, she had the goods in hand and sent me this photo of Jak modeling Gramma's new K-Swiss size 7.5 running shoes:
I'm not sure which is better: having a daughter who...
Birthday gals
Welcome back! I hope your weekend was great!
My weekend was spent celebrating birthdays. Saturday's birthday gal was my oldest daughter, Brianna, who turned 33 last Tuesday:
Sunday's celebration was for my mom, who turns...
More on moms
Mother's Day has come and gone but there's no end to the love between mothers and daughters (and sons too, of course, but that's not what this is all about). Here's a lovely mother/daughter video grandmothers and soon-to-be grandmas will especially appreciate.
Sweet, right?
GRAND Social No. 155 link party for grandparents
Wipe away your tears and get...
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