Holidays

Are you looking for gift ideas to offer a whole family? That can be quite challenging because each family member has different tastes and hobbies. Your children and grandchildren certainly all have different interests, right?

Every December, a familiar line from an old Christmas carol rises up in me like a whisper: “All is calm, all is bright.” Over the years, these words have become…

If you’re a woman over 50, you already know the holidays hit differently now. Not just emotionally. Physically. One minute you’re buying gifts and juggling end-of-year deadlines; the next, you’re wiped out, and standing in your kitchen staring at yet another plate of cookies…

Christmas is a time of year I love. For me, as a sugar crafter and cake designer, it is a time of year when I embrace the challenge of creating something new and different to WOW my family and friends during the festivities…

Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Kwanza, or Christmas, the holidays will soon be upon us, spreading a message of peace and love around the world. It’s a truly uplifting and inspiring time of year…

Three generations of my family have lived through divorce – mine, my sons’, and now my grandchildren’s. It’s not the story any of us planned, but it’s the one we’ve learned to live with – mostly with tenderness and humor. When I was a child in the 1950s, our extended family gathered…

It feels like the world is one big performance.
Everywhere you look, people are trying to look fine, sound fine, be fine – even when the world feels anything but. Between the headlines, the chaos, and the things we can’t unsee, it’s easy to feel worn thin before the holidays even begin…

The holidays can be a joyful time filled with tradition, family, and magic but they can also be stressful, filled with too much family (wink wink), extra activities adding more stress to your schedule, and lots and lots of sweet treats and richer foods that can quickly…

Halloween isn’t just for kids. It’s the perfect time for grandparents to get in on the fun, too! Will you be handing out candy? Joining your grandkids for trick-or-treating or hosting a family party? The right costume can make the night extra memorable. Halloween costumes…

As a new grandmother (for the second time), I have had the opportunity to think about some of the things that were missing in my “Baba Bag” or “Grandmother Survival Kit!” Of course, I was happy to receive helpful books…