The Joy and Wisdom of Grandparenting
Ramsey Lewis: A Father’s Passion BY REV. BOBBBY LEWIS “Dad, I love talking to you.” “Well, I love talking with you too, Son.” This, in my most straightforward words, is/was my relationship with my father, Ramsey Lewis, Jr. Once or twice a week, if I was lucky, I would call or stop by his house, … Read more
My Dad – In Praise of Nonagenarians By Julie DiBene I was celebrating a birthday with my 91-year-old father recently and it struck me that as a society, we have a lot to learn about the aging population of Americans. According to one report from the U.S. Census Bureau, America’s population of persons aged 90-and-older … Read more
BY SUSAN MORRIS (AKA, YAYA) – A GRAND Reader My father was a Greek. He loved children, he loved his wife, and did the traditional career of many American Greeks …. he had a restaurant in a small southern town in Florida. My father and mother were in concert that you treat everyone with respect … Read more
What I learned about my father when he became Grandpa BY CAROLINE CHIRICHELLA Dear Dad, I think it’s fair to say our relationship has never been better…now that we’re 5,000 miles apart. Before you take this the wrong way, let me explain. You and I have always had a good, healthy relationship. You taught me how to swim, we played tennis together … Read more
BY DR. JOSUHA COLEMAN DEAR DR. COLEMAN Our daughter married her husband shortly after cutting us off, without any warning like if we didn’t talk or agree to something or somehow mend. We were not invited to the wedding, and we were then told we were awful that we weren’t there. After two years now, … Read more
By Mary J. Breen My father was a man ahead of his time. My mother loved telling the story of the first time she visited his family’s farm in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley. The year was 1938. It was a hot summer morning, and my father was nowhere to be seen. She finally found him in … Read more
Anne Lamott, “the people’s author,” gets real about being a new grandmother and mothering a teen parent By Colleen Sell “A grandchild is like a fine jewel set in an old ring.” – Operating Instructions Twenty years ago, novelist Anne Lamott raised a few eyebrows, ruffled some feathers, and struck a resonant chord with millions … Read more
