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Lack of control is what got you here in the first place. If you would have been able to direct your children’s lives on the path you had dreamed for them, you probably wouldn’t be raising your grandchildren right now. Have you got control of them?
When my daughters were growing up, sleepovers at their [...]
Last week Saulie, my 2 1/2-year-old grandson, turned toward me as he floated away snuggled in his mother’s arms and said, “Bye, love.” (Melt.) Then, in what seemed like a nanosecond, he wrapped his arms around his body and moved them in a side-to-side motion, signaling a pretend hug that only 2-year-olds know how to [...]
I scored my nanny at a funeral. My cousin’s mother-in-law had died so as long as she had gone to a better place, couldn’t her caregiver come to live with me?
hen our grandsons first came to live with me, I thought: I can handle this. But handling a three-month old and an almost two [...]
Besides fame, what do Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, Jack Nicholson, and Oprah have in common? They were all raised by grandparents.
Willie warned mommas to not let their babies grow up to be cowboys. To explore his musical talents was what Willie’s grandparents helped him do. If you’re a Boomer, you surely remember every ending [...]
According to the US Census, more than half of all men and women aged 18-24 still live at home. The government recently defined “dependant children” as 26 years old or younger (Healthcare law). Parents who thought they were done after their kids finished school are facing even more challenges, not know how to handle [...]
I scored my nanny at a funeral. My cousin’s mother-in-law had died so as long as she had gone to a better place, couldn’t her caregiver come to live with me?
hen our grandsons first came to live with me, I thought: I can handle this. But handling a three-month old and an almost two [...]
First came love, then came marriage; had a little problem with the baby carriage. But after ten years of fertility treatments, my husband and I were blessed to adopt two girls nineteen months apart. They were just days old when they came to us. We had the world ready and waiting for them: a brand [...]
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