by Marlene Bumgarner | Apr 10, 2018 | Aging, Child development, Family, Health
Sleeping While Aging So after reading my last post you probably assumed that I returned to my home, 400 miles away from my granddaughter’s nursery, and immediately began getting a good night’s sleep. Wrong. Like more than a third of American adults, I...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Apr 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Time for a Change As so often happens with technology, companies sometimes stop supporting a version of software or hardware, and the users need to scramble to find a new home. That has happened with my WordPress website, so my wonderful...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Mar 14, 2018 | Aging, Child development, Family, Grandparenting
Getting the Baby to Sleep This time last year I was in San Diego, taking care of my youngest granddaughter while her mother finished her Internal Medicine residency and her father worked upstairs in his office. Since I have returned home, I have been thinking a lot...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Feb 6, 2018 | Aging, Australia, Child development, Cooking and Eating, Family, Grandparenting, Travel
The Grandparent Connection This post will be more along the line of the essays my regular readers are accustomed to: a discussion of a children’s book. It might also help to answer the obvious question: Why has the author of a grandparenting and family blog...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jan 29, 2018 | Aging, Australia, Community, Cooking and Eating, Family, Nature, Travel, Writing
Victoria The Greenhouse Backpacker’s Hostel is in a high rise building in the center of Melbourne. My first challenge, tired as I was, was hoisting my roller bag up ten steps to the elevator. A sign on the door told me that Reception was on the 6th floor. When...