Generation G: Advice for Savvy Grandmothers Who Will Never Go Gray

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Advice from the heart of a rather hip and savvy Baby Boomer grandmother offers insight forgrandmothering in the twenty-first century.

The rules for grandmothers have changed. The new silver generation is savvy and sophisticated-managing businesses, working out with a personal trainer, and traveling to exotic locations. But what about their care and nurturing of the next generation How can they stay connected and leave a legacy, cheerleading and hand-holding those who come behind

This handbook provides encouragement for grandmothers with the real issues they face today. Seven sections of essayschallenge grandmothers to become healers, peacemakers,repairers of the breach in families, and to celebrate life transitions and aging. Topics, both humorous and serious,range from the importance of choosing a name, waiting at the hospital, and getting wrinkles to blended families, step-grandparenting, in-laws, boundaries, and dying. Generation G will inspire grandmothers to realize their calling is great and their gift, of themselves, essential.

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Marty Norman, M.Ed. is a freelance writer, licensed therapist, workshop trainer, inspirational speaker, mother of two, and grandmother of four. She is a founding member of the First Grandmother's Club and cofounded Grandmother Connections. She and her husband, Jim, live in Ft. Worth, where she loves to hike, garden, oil paint, and read but mostly play with her grandkids.