by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 25, 2016 | Aging, Family, Grandparenting, Travel
Musings I’m in the Seattle-Tacoma Airport waiting for a plane that has been delayed six hours out of Houston, and I’m thinking about grandparenting. Or more accurately, I am thinking about the ways that one generation overlaps into the next and how...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 18, 2016 | Community, Cooking and Eating, Family, Grandparenting, Nature
July’s Bounty I love July. I walk to my local farmer’s market almost every Saturday morning. Starting about the 4th of July, however, the vegetable stands are literally spilling over with an amazing variety of green and yellow and purple and red...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 11, 2016 | Child development, Community, Family, Grandparenting
Some of the grandparents I know live with their children and grandchildren. Others have grandchildren living in their homes, sometimes with one or both parents, others without. In fact, nearly four million American children, and 1.5 million grandparents, live in...