Pic of the week: Recovery
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My youngest long-distance grandson, Declan — who will be 9 years old in June — had has tonsils removed last Thursday.
Last Friday, he looked like …
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Pic of the week: Faces I miss
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I haven’t seen my Arizona-living grandsons —Declan (8), Camden (11), and Brayden (14) — since last July …
Read MoreHome Happenings: October 2022
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Looking back, October marks the most mellow month of the 2022 for me. At least in terms of getting out and about. Our typically wild and crazy Callie had ACL surgery — technically CCL in dogs — near the end of September, which meant she had to lay low and go slow, rendering us pretty much homebound for most of October.
Read MoreGood things and growing boys
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Good things have been going on for me, I must say. The top good thing of late has been my recent trip to see my desert-dwelling grandsons.
Read MoreHow to survive being a long-distance grandma to a baby
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I first fully grasped the definition of the word 'bittersweet' in late 2007, when I learned I was going to be a grandmother. I was thrilled to have a grandbaby on the way, but it literally hurt my heart to know I'd be only a minor player in the baby's daily life, due to how far away my new grandchild would live.
Yes, I was a long-distance grandma from the get-go. I’m still a long-distance grandma to the one who first made me a grandmother. To his two brothers, as well.
Read MoreBrayden, T1D, and a warning for grandmas
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It’s taken me more than a month to figure out how to share this news. It’s serious and breaks my heart, yet I don’t want to come across as despaired. I hope to warn others but wish to not seem alarmist. And I want to share the challenge confronting my oldest grandson and his parents every single day forever going forward without suggesting I have any doubt they’re up to it.
My daughter, Megan, is so up to it, in fact, that she provided me the perfect tool by which I can share the news without racking my brain for the right words, right sentiment. That tool being the video below.
See, my grandson Brayden, the active and healthy 12 year old who first made me a grandma, who …
Read MoreSummer 2020: What I didn't tell you
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July 25, 2020, marked the eleven year anniversary of Grandma’s Briefs. During many summers, I’ve taken a break from blogging from Memorial Day through Labor Day, to allow me time to enjoy summer fun without being obligated to publish anything.
This past summer, I chose not to take a break. I figured that with Covid restrictions and all, I’d have little to do and lots of time to write about the little I might do and see and ponder.
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