Pic of the week: Recovery
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My youngest long-distance grandson, Declan — who will be 9 years old in June — had has tonsils removed last Thursday.
Last Friday, he looked like …
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Pic of the week: Faces I miss
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I haven’t seen my Arizona-living grandsons —Declan (8), Camden (11), and Brayden (14) — since last July …
Read MoreHome Happenings: October 2022
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Looking back, October marks the most mellow month of the 2022 for me. At least in terms of getting out and about. Our typically wild and crazy Callie had ACL surgery — technically CCL in dogs — near the end of September, which meant she had to lay low and go slow, rendering us pretty much homebound for most of October.
Read MoreGood things and growing boys
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Good things have been going on for me, I must say. The top good thing of late has been my recent trip to see my desert-dwelling grandsons.
Read MoreHow to survive being a long-distance grandma to a baby
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I first fully grasped the definition of the word 'bittersweet' in late 2007, when I learned I was going to be a grandmother. I was thrilled to have a grandbaby on the way, but it literally hurt my heart to know I'd be only a minor player in the baby's daily life, due to how far away my new grandchild would live.
Yes, I was a long-distance grandma from the get-go. I’m still a long-distance grandma to the one who first made me a grandmother. To his two brothers, as well.
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