https://grandmabloggers.com/2019/09/19/tribute-to-my-mother-in-law-luisa-olivia-kongaika/

I recently started a new blog about my grandchildren and our family dynamics. Check it out at:

Happy Fathers Day to all our wonderful fathers!

Grandma Blogs

Almost to Retirement and Making the Tough Decisions

As one of the so-called "baby boomers", we are nearing retirement. In fact, there are three people in my office that I work with who are taking early retirement. Almost on a daily basis, I hear them talking about how excited they are to be retired, how much they will live off of, and what they will be doing.

I thought having an empty nest was quite a difficult adjustment. Now, faced with retirement, I can see that it takes a lot of planning and can get pretty complicated.

http://elayne001.hubpages.com/hub/Almost-to-Retirement-and-Making-the-Tough-Decisions

Choose a New Name for Grandma and Grandpa

It seems that middle aged people are having just about as much trouble naming themselves as they did naming their own new babies when they were born.

For years, when your daughter or son had a new baby, you were automatically Grandma or Grandpa . Not any more! The baby boomers have trouble taking on these ancient sounding titles.