grandparenting

Grandparenting in a Box

Mother's Day Thoughts About Skype, FaceTime, and Virtual Connecting Posted in ChicagoNow, May 5, 2014 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) My...

Helicopter Parenting Times Three Generations

Posted in ChicagoNow, April 24, 2014 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) My 90-year-old mother likes to tell me I’m her mother now. What I think she...

Why my Grandkids Can’t Let It Go

Posted in ChicagoNow, April 7, 2014 During a recent gathering of my family, my grandkids staged numerous performances of scenes and songs...

Standing up for my Grandchild with Special Needs

Posted in ChicagoNow, November 13, 2013 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) Why didn’t I speak up? A friend with a grandchild near the age of my...

A Confused Woman Reviews The Lego Movie

Published in ChicagoNow, February 25, 2014 “It’s confusing and I only kind of liked it,” was my 7-year-old granddaughter’s initial...

Becoming a Grandmother Through Adoption

Published in ChicagoNow, February 14, 2014 I could probably write a book called What To Expect When You Become a Grandmother through...

The Boys Arrive, #5 and 6

Published in ChicagoNow, February 12, 2014 HERE COMES THE SON…FINALLY A BOY My daughter announced her pregnancy by texting me a picture...

Granddaughters #3 and 4

Published in ChicagoNow, February 10, 2014 (photo by Sam Levitan) AND THEN THERE WERE THREE…AND FOUR LITTLE GIRLS Grandchild number three...

Becoming a Grandparent

Posted in ChicagoNow, February 7, 2014 Over the span of almost 11 years, my job description evolved from being the Founding Director of...

Frozen -- The Real Deal!

Published in ChicagoNow, January 6, 2014 My granddaughter from Indiana (age 7) sent me her drawing of Elsa and Anna from the movie...

Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer