Poppa’s Moment Archives | GrandkidsMatter

Reentry Notes for Grandparents

by GrandkidsMatter | Healthy Relationships, Long-Distance Grandparenting, Poppa’s Moment | 0 |

After social distancing, reentry into the lives of our grandchildren is situational. Each family has a different set of risk tolerances and levels of concern.

Eating Dandelions at the Fairy Princess Ball

by GrandkidsMatter | GrandDaughters, Grandfathers, Poppa’s Moment | 0 |

Building great memories together is my thing. That means I have to be there at odd moments for my thing to turn into something.

Spring Is on the Way

by GrandkidsMatter | Poppa’s Moment | 0 |

This morning as I look out the kitchen window while cooking bacon, eggs and tortillas, snow is falling here in Oklahoma City … in April. That’s rare and comforting, and it takes my mind back nearly three decades to 1994.

Zoom Grandparenting: 3 Tips

by GrandkidsMatter | Grandchildren, Grandfathers, Long-Distance Grandparenting, Poppa’s Moment | 0 |

My three-year-old granddaughter, who was just adopted into our clan, had her first full-family birthday party in isolation. These are strange days. Time to up my Poppa game for this latest challenge to being an involved granddad.