By Lily Prellezo When my husband and I were raising our two daughters, I felt my family was more than enough to bring up our children. Not until I became

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By Lily Prellezo Did your vote really count? I’m not talking politics here, but about your decision-making ability over the raising of your grandchildren. Do the parents really care about

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By Lily Prellezo It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child. When my husband and I were raising our two daughters, I strongly believe it

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By:  Lily Prellezo   Who will remember you when you’re dead and gone? Will your legacy simply fill a rectangle on a family tree or will the people on the

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My grandson is into pirates. Between the daily swashbuckling, the crooked bandanas and the black eye patch, I try to sneak in lessons about bad pirates and good pirates. It’s

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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

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I don’t remember being in love with my grandfather. When I was in my forties, my aunt would recount to me the love notes I wrote him and how I

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