Baby Boomers are the sandwich generation; caring for their parents, childrn and grandchildren.  The caring circle keeps enlarging....

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Shopping?  Whether it’s early holiday purchases or something new for yourself, Silver Fox shoppers hit the mall regularly.  It’s easy.  It’s familiar to most of us who routinely frequent local stores.While convenient, the mall can be a safety hazard. Since we visit so often, we tend to casually forget about watching to see who might be observing us.  We’ll ...

A new website, ThePraisedOne, may be just the site to get you grounded again.  Is the world starting to crowd in on you a bit?  If stress or a need for answers for daily living is on your mind, you need to reconnect with your God.   As we cope with budgets, those ever present gas prices and health issues, we need to be reminded that these things will pass away.  Silver Fox re...

Here’s a thought provoking topic for discussion at the next family reunion or just around the dinner table.   Can you name the Seven Wonders of the World?  There are different lists, depending on if you do the Seven Ancient Wonders, the Seven Natural Wonders or a combination.   The Seven Ancient Wonders, with only the Pyramids surviving, were: The Great Pyramids of Giza, The Han...

Are any of your children struggling as a single parent?  It’s a hard role in today’s society, but there are rewards to single parenthood.  If you have gone through this role yourself, you can definitely help them out, but give advice only when they ask for it!  It hurts to see your child grapple with problems, educationally, financially or in the stability area.  Remember, as a...

Are you ready to prepare for the holidays?  Since we are into August already, it’s time to think about the annual family reunion, which frequently takes place over Thanksgiving and/or Christmas.  (Yes, already!)   If you’re like me, it isn’t so much the physical getting ready, but the mental preparations that take some doing.  As a Silver Fox, I find that my children and gran...

Have you completed your “back-to-school” attitude tune-up yet?  It’s already August!  Now you may think “Back-to-School” is a strange topic for a Silver Fox to address, but for those of us in the double-decker sandwich generation, back-to-school is a hot topic! Our family, which is scattered throughout the country, is four-generational:  aging parents, the Baby Boomer (me!), my daug...

Sometimes it is really easy to get behind the times – new products show up in a blink of an eye!  This is the case with the new diaper cakes.  I was picturing something totally different at the mention of “diaper cakes”.  If you don’t know what one is, time to get up to speed!   As a Silver Fox, you may be invited to a baby shower and need a unique gift.  Heads up, guys,...

As the sandwich generation, caring for our aging parents and helping our children and grandchildren, we Baby Boomers have concerns about family violence.  In search of help for a troubled teen, I found shocking statistics that point out how frequently teens are exposed to an overload of violence.  One site blames violent video games and song lyrics for subliminal messages to teens. ...