Older But Not Wiser: Grandpa Screws Up – and Then Saves the Day!

I took my 4-year-old granddaughter, Summer, to the bookstore to find some paperbacks that I would read to her.

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Such is Life: Just Another Routine Day

If I ignore the simple things, I’ll be ignoring most of my life.

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Booming Voice: Traditional Reading

This past Chanukah I gave my 21-year-old son, Matt, a gift of a book. Compared to Matt’s other gifts of cool clothes and a Budweiser can candle, I feared that the book would be rated a distant third.

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On Life and Love after 50: Recent Widower Tries Dating, Finds it’s Too Soon

Often, widowers contact me with questions about mature dating. Last month, Steve, a recent widower, emailed.

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Older But Not Wiser: The Bite

OK, there’s a lot of information about what you should do if your young child is a biter, but what do you do if it’s your 3-year-old granddaughter who bites?

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On Life and Love after 50: In Mature Dating, Does an Age Difference Matter?

Mature dating is a challenge. Toss in an age difference between partners, and the challenge is even greater. Take the case of Ben and Janice, for example.

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Older but Not Wiser: The Most Brilliant People in History vs. My Family

There were several articles on the internet about the five smartest people in history, and I thought it would be fun to measure them up against the five smartest people in my family.

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Such is Life: Nobody Wins in an Argument

My husband, Bob, was the first non-Jewish person to marry into my strict Orthodox Jewish family.

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My 22 Cents’ Worth: Facing Grief

All of us have been intimately acquainted with grief, a gripping sorrow whose mental anguish can last until it is mercifully exhausted. People react differently to the sense of loss that accompanies grief.

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