The Joy and Wisdom of Grandparenting
There’s No One Quite Like Grandma St. Winifred’s School Choir was a successful UK performing group, from St Winifred’s Roman Catholic Primary School. The school is located in Stockport, England. They ran from 1972 – 2009. They are known for being part of two #1 hits on the UK singles chart. In 1977 they performed … Read more
A Great Granddad BY MARTIN GLEESON Limerick, Ireland Mary stopped the car just outside Leonard’s Newsagents. She handed a $20 note to her ten-year-old son David and told him, “There will be plenty of birthday cards on the shelves. Just get a nice one with HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDDAD on it. Make sure it doesn’t have the … Read more
Granddad at Play BY CAROLYN RAPHAEL Almost every night, sometime between 8:30 and 11:00 PM, my daughter, Melissa, calls her 82-year-old father to do the NY Times crossword puzzle on the telephone. No matter how tired she is from helping her 11 and 15-year-old sons navigate school regulations during the Coronavirus pandemic, she insists on … Read more
This Granddad Has The Back-To-School Blues BY STEVE WATSON With his granddaughter about to start junior kindergarten, Steve Watson wonders, why it is such a struggle to let go? The first day of a new school year is fast approaching, but this one is totally different because my oldest grandchild will be starting junior kindergarten. I’m feeling … Read more
BY WILLIAM LEVINE One of my least favorite bumper stickers is ASK ME ABOUT MY GRANDKIDS for a couple of reasons: First, it is a presumptuous request. OK, I suppose if the driver’s grandchildren graduated Harvard at 12 or 14 years of age or better yet, have appeared on Master Chef-Junior, the sticker is appropriate. Otherwise, … Read more
BY RON WOLF After losing my granddad last year, it was hard for me to face life as it is since he was the person who influenced my life in so many ways. If it wasn’t for him, I would have never thought about becoming a writer, about expressing my thoughts and feelings. He taught … Read more
BY DEBBY CARROLL Chances are you like Robert Redford. You probably have seen and enjoyed several of his movies. Maybe you respect his decades of advocacy on behalf of the environment. Perhaps you admire his championing the work of indie filmmakers with the Sundance Film Festival. The point is, you probably like Redford because, simply … Read more
A Buster Keaton Granddad By Stephen Miller Now that many women are having their first child in their 30s, many men in their 70s are spending time with toddlers or pre-school kids. For most grandfathers, this means doing puzzles on the living room floor or pushing their grandchild on a swing. I do all that … Read more
Granddad reads and leads By Ken Canfield A Massachusetts Colony law enacted in 1644 stated that heads of households should be responsible for teaching their children to read. What if, instead of enacting another new law, grandparents were vigilant and made sure our grandchildren became avid readers? 5 Reasons Why Reading With Grandkids Matters Reading … Read more
From a Granddad’s Halloween Journal – Ping! By Harvey Blumenthal Our daughter-in-law, Hilary, and grandson Noah, then three and one-half, flew into Tulsa from Salt Lake City the day before Halloween, 2004. The day was warm and sunny, and Noah, Hil and I put up a spider-web on the holly bushes in front and added black streamers around … Read more
A Fable To Share With Your Grandchildren Granddad’s Place – Chapter 3 Here is chapter three from Granddad’s Place by David George. You will find chapter one, The Acorn, here and chapter two, Frog Song, here. This is a series of modern-day fables about the natural world, set in the context of the relationship between a … Read more
Chapter Two Frog Song By David George Granddad swung back and forth on the two-seated rocker on his deck, taking in the dusky view. In the distance, the grassy ridges of Mt. Diablo shone with a pink-orange sunset glow, the lower hills already in shadow. Mourning doves, which had only minutes before lined the high … Read more
Welcome to the first in a series of short stories or fables. The Acorn Fable, is provided courtesy of author David George.The first fable is about the natural world. Each story contains a fable highlighting a “law” of nature. But all fables are framed by a series of adventures by a granddad and his new grandson … Read more
I just discovered Armin Brott’s advice to this young granddad-to-be, and you need to read it too.Then go buy his books for all the new or soon-to-be dads in your life. BY ARMIN BROTT Dear Mr. Dad: My 24-year old son and his wife are expecting their first baby in a few weeks. I’m really happy … Read more
