This little boy thinks he owns the world. He’s a cute kid and likely the center of his grandmother’s universe. That’s the way five-year olds should be: happy, confident and ready to take on the world. He’s undoubtedly a handful and a hoot for his family. On the bus today I watched a tiny infant [...]

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Grandparents have been on my mind a lot lately. We lived next door to my maternal grandmother until the early 1960s. She was devoted to my mother, my siblings and I, but critical of my dad. Living next door to a stern, critical mother-in-law is not my recommendation for a happy life. I never connected [...]

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