Guestpost #25: Tonia Krauser and (her dog) Oliver – Ten things I’ve learned...
Tonia Krauser is my friend and colleague and I’m her ride ho (she drives me to work most mornings) and Oliver is her dog. Tonia is a marketing whiz who holds it all together at Second Harvest, and a...
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Ten Things I’ve Learned From My Family Trip to California
Photo of Family on Beach / Shutterstock Josh Bowman Learned a Lot About His Family in California Note: I recently flew from Toronto to California with my parents for a week to visit my sister and...
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Strangers on a Train
William Lucas Walker talks about how four strangers on a train are changing grandparenting. Did you know September was Grandparents Month? Neither did I. And now it’s over, so if you have kids in the...
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Life at a Funeral
“A tree doesn’t rid itself of its rings.” Brandon Ferdig is shaken by the death of his grandmother, and chooses to remember how her life connected with his. ♦◊♦ Grandma’s funeral was Wednesday. When...
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“Being a grandparent is like all the joy of being a parent, multiplied, with...
Do you have grandkids? What is your experience compared to being a parent? Is it different or much the same just with, as bobbt says, decreased responsibilities? As you will read below, bobbt loves...
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A Different Kind of Alzheimer’s Book
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Living End A Family Story for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. A Grandson and Grandmother together in The Living End, A Memoir of...
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To the Ghosts of Christmas Past
Tweet The holiday season is not only a time for celebrating what we have, but also what we had. And who. — We would see my grandfather every other Christmas, maybe once in the summer, and his house was...
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Damnation by Firelight
Tweet Using the unassuming structure of the prose poem, Jim Churchill-Dicks presents a disturbing, emotionally-charged moment between father and son. Damnation By Firelight After roasting marshmallows,...
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When the Sun Shines on My Necklace
Tweet Erin Kelly, a writer with cerebral palsy, reflects on the impressions her grandparents left in her heart. I was sitting in the parking lot of Red Lobster on a bitter but bright day in 2012. The...
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Jail Was Easier than Feeding My Grandmother
Tweet At 94, growing her hair long is the extent of her personal choice. — It was just an ice cream sandwich, placed in a bowl and broken up after it had thawed some. My mom had handed it to me, saying...
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Sunday Night in My Thirties
Tweet Thom Ingram reflects on the pressure some of us face to have children. — Sunday night in my thirties Mother calls begging for grandchildren, bootie socks, bibs, the opportunity to shop at...
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How a Floral Deliveryman, Exhausted From a Mother’s Day Marathon, Found The...
Tweet The screen door lock snapped and the girl and her little brother—I figured he was three years old—came out. The girl was holding a large glass jar in her arms. ______ One of the jobs that I...
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How My Nan Helped Me To Change A Tyre
Tweet Helping a stranger change a tire on a busy highway helped Michael Ellis see all that is magical with this world. —- I’d like to share a story about how my Nan helped me change a tyre. It’s a...
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Grandma Made Me Travel
My grandma made me live mostly out of a back pack since 1996. ––– I am not sure how my life of travel started. I guess I have always wanted to hit the open road, to see the world, to get out into the...
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We Went Out to Dinner with Our Grandmother
Nicholas Miele takes on that most demanding of poetic forms–the sestina–to pay tribute to his Italian grandmother. — We went out to dinner with our grandmother– A Sestina Columbus Park, between west...
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A Story You’ll Never Forget
Bob Marrow’s grandmother saved a girl’s unwanted child, only to learn of its tragic death. — “I’m going to tell you a story you’ll never forget.” Those were my grandmother’s words. She was nearly...
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The Snail Poem
Dakota Garilli’s poem is reminiscent of the old dance between attraction and repulsion–fear of death and fascination with it. — The Snail Poem Common pond snail, Roman snail, helix aspersa, lake...
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Currents
Ashley Inguanta and Sheila Squillante build bridges between past, present, and future in this jointly-written poem–a first for the Good Men Project! — Currents My great grandmother died while looking...
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Cannes Festival Nominee Explores the Artistic Need to Create
An artist finds himself one color short. Rich Monetti on art and passion. ____ Artists don’t just starve because the portfolio of their passions lacks buyers or livable compensation. Creation requires...
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5 Ways to Become a Rock Star to Your Grandkids
Embed from Getty Images “The role of a grandparent is not to spoil a grandchild. Your role is to teach life lessons.” ____ What do you remember about your grandparents? Some memories hit close to...
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