Since I last wrote
/Hello friends!
I hope everyone is well and enjoying fall, my favorite time of year.
Since I last wrote, a fair amount of this and that has happened for my family and me.
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Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, reviews, recipes, grandma profiles, and more.
Hello friends!
I hope everyone is well and enjoying fall, my favorite time of year.
Since I last wrote, a fair amount of this and that has happened for my family and me.
Read MoreOrdinary moments — dare I say, mundane moments — marked March 2023 for me. Ordinary moments for which I’m all the more grateful and glad to have had in light of this month’s heartbreak and loss for so many in the west, in the south, and, especially, in Nashville.
Moments like these:
Read MoreWith weeks (and weeks) of wintery weather remaining in many parts of the country, many a grandma may be racking her brain for ways to keep grandkids engaged indoors during visits. This easy, peasy penguin activity requiring minimal prep* may cut down on the cabin fever. For a little while, anyway.
Read MoreWelcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed their summer, making memories and more with loved ones.
I was blessed with memorable moments with many a loved one since pressing pause on Grandma’s Briefs for the season.
Read MoreMarch and April are typically the snowiest months in Colorado. This past Thursday was a typical March day in Colorado in that it snowed. A lot.
It was also a typical Thursday in that Benjamin and Robert spent the day at my house.
Having gobs of snow outside and my two grandsons inside provided the perfect opportunity to introduce Benjamin and Robert to snow cream.
Read MoreThe recent weekend in which my family was all together—a relatively uncommon occurrence even in the best of times—featured not only Robert’s baptism, as I previously shared, but a milestone birthday celebration, too. That milestone being Jim’s sixtieth birthday.
The birthday festivities, organized primarily by Megan, revolved around a rockin’ theme as …
Read MoreJim and I have attended Holy Cross Lutheran Church for about 35 years. Not every single Sunday during that time but certainly more often than not.
That all changed in March of 2020. For exactly one year we didn’t walk through the doors of church one single Sunday. Or any other day, including my pre-Covid monthly volunteer shift in the food pantry.
Thanks to Covid—and my immunocompromised status thanks to my MS medication—our church attendance was restricted to …
Read MoreGrandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on life's second act and the empty nest: the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, movie reviews, recipes, product reviews, auto test drives, grandma profiles, and more.
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Jim (aka PawDad) and Lisa (me)
Brianna (oldest daughter) and hubby Patrick with Benjamin, Robert, and James
Megan (middle daughter) with hubby Preston and Declan, Camden, and Brayden
Andrea (youngest daughter) with me at a recent concert
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