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Your Grandkids Will Love This Holiday Art Fair for Charity

By Karla Sullivan

Gather your grandchildren, advertise at their school or community center, talk to your neighbors and friends about hosting an art fair with prizes for your favorite cause this holiday season; a wonderful way to inspire the art of charity in your grandchildren’s hearts.

First, have child contributors create their artwork to showcase. [...]

How to Communicate With A Parent or Grandparent Who Has Dementia

By Karla Sullivan

She was assisting her mother with the stairs in her home. While descending together, her Mom froze, cried out and frightfully stared at the last stair. Her mother was recovering from hip surgery and the daughter thought that it was physical pain that she was expressing. But it was not.

Signs of [...]

My Adopted Grandmother; Great Aunt Lu

By: Karla Sullivan

I was shocked as I slowly pulled in front… only bits and pieces of the house could be seen. Not even a front or side door was visible. The over grown trees that threatened to crush the tiny home and shrubs would have never been allowed to ramble in all directions 40 [...]

How Grandma Spent Time As a Child

By: Karla Sullivan

Unlike today’s’ grandchildren and young adults whose family room entertainment consists of computers, androids, Nintendo Wii, and 900 cable TV channels, Baby Boomers and their parents spent childhood hours indoors with less sophistication and a lot more imagination. When, raindrops diminished the hope of playing outside, creative pastimes took over. With or [...]

Ah, Sweet Childhood Memories for Baby Boomer Grandparents

By: Karla Sullivan

 

(Editor’s Note: Next time your grandchildren tell you they are bored…share this story with them.)

As storms approached for a long weekend of indoor play, you called your neighborhood friends to come over using the single household phone; some families had two. If the line was busy, you could be delayed [...]