GRAND Magazine - May/June 2011 - (Page 14)

Bragging rights Nothing clears a room faster BY LYLA BLAKE WARD B Lyla Blake Ward is a grandmother of four and the author of How to Succeed at Aging without Really Dying ragging is the inalienable right of grandparents. We get to tell all our friends how adorable, talented, brilliant, precocious the offspring of our offspring are because we earned it. Like our parents before us, no longer involved in the nittygritty details of actually raising the children, we are free to sing their praises.... I, personally, have been very successful with the innocent photo technique. This is the one where you bring out a photo of Jimmy (or Alex or Casey or Roger), ostensibly to illustrate how much he’s grown since your friend saw him last. And there he is, stretched to his full 48 inches, standing, it just so happens, in front of a huge banner that says: 14 GRAND MAY JUNE 2011 Fairbrook Middle School’s Most Outstanding Student Ever: James Ward Next to it, you may choose to place a large magnifying glass and purr softly, “He is getting big, isn’t he?”.... Probably the best way of boasting without boasting is to let your guests discover for themselves how talented Samantha (or Jenny or Clyde or Patsy) is in mosaics (woodworking, painting, pottery, decoupage). Instead of your saying, “I must show you the exquisite bowl Samantha http://www.amazon.com/Lyla-Blake-Ward/e/B003551BFU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 http://www.amazon.com/Lyla-Blake-Ward/e/B003551BFU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 http://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Aging-Without-Really-Dying/dp/1935597000/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300667474&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Aging-Without-Really-Dying/dp/1935597000/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300667474&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Aging-Without-Really-Dying/dp/1935597000/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300667474&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Aging-Without-Really-Dying/dp/1935597000/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300667474&sr=1-1

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of GRAND Magazine - May/June 2011

GRAND - May/June 2011
Grand Treasure Hunt
Table of Contents
Grand View
Grand Central
Rational Grandkids? Yes!
Bragging Rights
Cover Story: A Force For Good
Charlie & Gaytha Hillman: Grand Entrepreneurs
Improving Medicare
Grand Products
Growing Old vs. Growing Up
Too Old For Sex?
Kids as Caregivers
My Way or the Highway
Kinship Care
Find Fun Things To Do
Straight Talk on Disabilities
Look for the Moon in the Morning
Toys ’n Tech
Grand Finale
Op-Ed: Is Sex Forever?

GRAND Magazine - May/June 2011