Brother’s Cornbread Dressing

Cornbread Dressing My brother took over cooking the holiday meals while still in his teens.  When all our relatives, numbering about twenty or so, turned up that first year, they were stunned to discover he had been working over twenty-four hours straight to put up the feast covering the tables.  Yes, tables.  We had the… Continue reading Brother’s Cornbread Dressing

Cellphone Crime

  Cellphones and grandkids go together like a childhood favorite, peanut butter and jelly.  We see those rectangular boxes held reverently in front of their faces, fingers flying furiously over a tiny keyboard and our feelings run the gamut.  Why can’t they put the phones away and play with us or talk to us for a bit?… Continue reading Cellphone Crime

5 Issues that Create Friction with the Parents of Your Grandchildren

    Problems can certainly arise with our adult children before the grandbabies arrive but once the little ones enter the world, it is a given that there will be differences in child-rearing philosophies.  Most of us are excited to greet the new baby and see our grown son or daughter in that little face.… Continue reading 5 Issues that Create Friction with the Parents of Your Grandchildren