You Know Your Children Are Grown When . . . [Part V]

I’ve written on this topic several times in the past, but in recent months I’ve had more occasions to reflect on the benefits of having grown children. You know your children are grown when 1. Both children call on your birthday, and you don’t think one reminded the other this […]

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You Know Your Children Are Grown When . . . [Part III]

I’ve written before about the change in perspective I’ve developed now that my children are grown. See here and here. Now, after our Christmas experiences this year, I am facing this upheaval again, because: One child is looking at buying a house . . . with a real estate agent […]

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You Know Your Children Are Grown When . . . [Part II]

In an earlier post, I mentioned situations where I was confronted by the fact that my children are grown and independent.  A family trip during this past Christmas season brought a few more such occasions to mind. You know your children are grown when . . . 1.  They pick […]

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My 50th High School Reunion (I Missed It)

My 50th high school reunion was last weekend. I wasn’t able to attend, but I followed the planning all year on my class’s Facebook page. The only high school reunion I have attended was my 25th, in 1998. I could attend that one because my parents still lived in my […]

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Watching Soaps with My Grandmother

Today, February 12, would have been my paternal grandmother’s 108th birthday. She died in 1990 at the age of 78. I wasn’t as close to Nanny Kay as I was to my maternal grandmother, but when I was a preteen, I spent a week or so with her during summers. […]

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Oversharing on Social Media: Where Do You Land?

I have family and friends who span the spectrum in their usage of social media. Some people post several times a day, while others refuse even to have a Facebook or Instagram or Twitter account. They might deign to have a LinkedIn account, but only because their professional contacts demand […]

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