Tag: grandparents
The Pros & Cons of Living with My Parents
About 10 months ago, we made the hard decision to sell our first home. With a new baby and two crazy dogs, we were...
Lessons from Mom: Five Years of Grief & What She is...
It has been five years. Five years since that bitterly cold January morning that I received the call from my dad with the terrible...
The Parent Trap: Aging Parents
We’ve known it was coming for a long time, right? I should have been prepared. But truthfully, nothing would prepare me to accept that...
Ways to Celebrate Grandparents Day…Six Feet Away
Many people have missed sweet conversations and visits with grandparents during the pandemic, so celebrating National Grandparents Day on September 13 may be bigger...
Families Separated: Senior-Living Safety During a Pandemic
You wake up. Breakfast is being delivered to your studio apartment for the 100th day in a row. You used to be able to...
When Your Parents Move In
Being an “Elder Millennial,” I am on the cusp of sending my kids away to college (I mean, like seven years from now), but...
Encouraging Connections between Teens and Grandparents
We are blessed to have grandparents that live nearby. We moved back to Kansas City so that our kids could grow up close to...
Packing Up My Parents
About a month ago, a very big thing happened. My parents moved out of their home of 34 years. We loved that house. I’d...
Lessons from Grandma
Have you ever had a role model that you didn’t realize was your role model until later in life? Without even realizing it my...
Navigating Life in the Sandwich Generation
In the past three months, my mom was admitted to the ER three times (in-patient once), my son celebrated his eighth birthday, and my...
Navigating Death When Kids are Old Enough to Understand
Dealing with death is never easy, no matter whether you’re a full-fledged adult, as most of us claim to be, or a kid. I...
I’m a Grandparents’ Girl: Building the Bond Between Generations
A Grandparents' Girl
Is there such a thing as a Grandparents’ Girl? Ya know, like the whole Daddy’s Girl or Mama’s Boy thing? If not,...
How to Talk to Children About Death
As I was wrapping up this blog submission, the news flashed across my screen: another school shooting. Admittedly I was taken aback, again. I...
Long-Distance Grandparenting: Surviving the Miles with Love
I moved to Kansas City for a job in 2004, when the idea of kids was not on my mind. The plan was to...
After Mom Passes: What to Expect
Our mothers are the tough, loving, admirable and hard-working women who raised us, defined in so many different ways. The person who nourished and...