Personal Journeys with Gramma

Life adventures, inspiration and insight; shared in articles, advice, personal chats and pictures.

If You’re an Adult Who Has Trouble Reading, You Aren’t Weird!

Almost weekly, I hear stories from people who know an adult—often a family member—who has trouble reading or cannot read at all.  Sometimes the person who’s talking with me speaks … Continue reading

January 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

When a Carpenter Loves a Cloud: Concrete and Abstract Brains in Love

If you were a carpenter and I were a cloud, what would our chances of true love be?  If this carpenter is a concrete person who likes to deal in solid … Continue reading

January 19, 2014 · Leave a comment

Concrete Brains: Why Can’t You Understand How I Feel?

How can you live with someone — maybe for years — and still not “get” each other — especially when you’re dealing with feelings?  Many of us thought we simply … Continue reading

January 11, 2014 · Leave a comment

Giving Gifts of Value

When we read about people trampled during special store sales, firefighters’ lives lost because the concern for property was so high, or children encouraged to risk brain damage pursuing an … Continue reading

December 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

About Raising Children – Keeping Praise Real

I was asked recently about the “Me” generation and how parents might help their children to be less self-centered. Working in post-secondary education for the past thirteen years, I’ve heard … Continue reading

November 29, 2013 · Leave a comment

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