Payton Elizabuff Pulling: The spirit of LSU! Although I missed the door-to-door trick or treat with Payton because I was on the road working until after-hours, I was on hand for Payton’s return from her door-to-door rounds in the neighborhood when she got back with her parents and her Honey.  Honey took this shot of  jubilant Payton, all decked out as an LSU cheerleader with a plastic ...

Sure the technology isn't new to our kids, and it may not be so new to us either, but it's definitely impacting family connections. As we roll into the gateway of a multitude of holiday observances grandparents, and other far-away folks, are on my mind. My own mother just called last night to tell me she won't be hopping the train as planned to head to DC for Thanksgiving. She's ...

... met when she was the head girl at school – and a subtly effective leader at that early age. Mary Anne was an outstanding listener and teacher, which even encompassed passing on grandparenting practice. Her first love had been theatre. She attended Radcliffe college, Massachusetts, and directed American auditions for Lamda, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. As a senior educational ...

(NECN) - If you are or know a family member who is being parented by grandparents, you are not alone. Grandparents are one of the fastest growing classes of parents in New England, and they can use all the support they can get. There are 6.7 million kids in the United States who are being parented by grandparents. Click here to visit the Catholic Charities Web site. Tiziana Dearing, ...

... grandchildren would come from my sisters. But something she said this morning gave me the impression that perhaps she's glad that she won't have to deal with another pregnant daughter again and all that grandparenting infants entails. Or maybe she's just finally resigned herself to the fact that the only grandchildren she'll be getting from me will be the four legged furry kind. * ...

... I had a chance to read through this book last week and I would like to recommend it to any new grandparents out there who have not been expats themselves and who are simultaneously trying to understand both the world of grandparenting and the expat world that their children now live in. For grandparents new to emails and the internet, this book also walks readers through how to use each of these ...