It’s important to recognize a piece of yourself in your friends. When you feel twin-like compatibility you are open to hearing their message. You trust their thoughts, their answers. As a woman over 50, I know from experience that this is true. Lessons learned from marriages, moving, widowhood, blending families, travel, volunteering,  career, disappointments, education, […]

As you know Darlings, I wrote a book! Stories for My Grandchild: A Grandmother’s Journal was born from my deep desire for my fellow twenty-first-century grandmothers to build their legacies through stories. Designed as a series of writing prompts, Stories for My Grandchild makes it easy to capture your life: family history, memories, values, and […]

Darlings! I’ll be in your neighborhood. Meet me at the Lady Expo in Chicago on April 27th (9am-1pm) and get a signed copy of my journal Stories for My Grandchild   Before you dive into this week’s blog posts, don’t forget: I launched a community for women: MOXIE! It’s already a great place for women to […]

Darlings! I’ll be in your neighborhood. Meet me at the Lady Expo on April 27th (9am-1pm) and get a signed copy of my journal Stories for My Grandchild (click the link above for more info)   If you’ve been outside in this gorgeous weather, I excuse you from missing this week’s posts -they were good! […]

Guest post by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein I have so many memories of my mother making my life cozy. Some of her efforts happened when I was sick: I was allowed to spend the day in my parent’s double bed rather than my bed; my mother got out all her jewelry and we played jewelry […]