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Category Archives: LIving Legacy

Do You Grow Across the Lifespan? Life Journeys at 93

Grandparents Matter, LIving LegacyBy DeannaFebruary 9, 2021

It was Fall of 2019 when I posted on Facebook that I didn’t want to move, despite my adult children’s urgings. “My life is here. My friends are here. I don’t want to lose my independence,” I proclaimed. By the following April, my sentiments hadn’t changed. But the world had. On April 3, 2020, my…

Table, Chairs, Meaning, and Relationships

Intergenerational, LIving Legacy, Relationship with Adult ChildrenBy DeannaJune 22, 2020

By Guest Blogger Michael Witkovsky (or as I like to call him, “my son the psychiatrist)   It may have been Wendell Barry who would admonished us to “first, build a table.” I always wondered why chairs were not the first. No reason is given. My guess is that chairs are single purposed (lounge, dining,…

“What will I leave behind in this world? What will be my legacy?”

LIving LegacyBy jwitkovskyApril 25, 2018Leave a comment

Through the many years that I’ve been listening to grandparents share their hopes and dreams, their regrets and fears, the word “legacy” is one that comes up over and over.  It’s a word that carries much weight and many meanings.  Most of us, of course, are concerned about our legacy in its most tangible manifestation:…

My Three Words for 2018: Passion. Creativity. Commitment

Family Vision, LIving LegacyBy jwitkovskyJanuary 17, 2018Leave a comment

I didn’t come up with the idea for the three words. But I know a good idea when I see one. This one comes from consultant Chris Brogan, who has been coming up with his Three Words for over ten years now. The three words frame the “big story” for the year. They simply and…

I am 89 Years Old. What Can I do about Charlottesville?

Family Vision, Grandparents Matter, LIving Legacy, Relationship with Adult ChildrenBy jwitkovskyAugust 25, 20173 Comments

By Jerry Witkovsky I watched the TV news–and witnessed the KKK, the Neo Nazi’s and the White Supremacists shouting their hate. It burns a hole in my heart and soul. What can I do about it at age 89? As I struggled with this, the following thought went through my mind: “When a Grandparent dies…

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Grandparents Teaching Values: Turn Your Values into Action

Grandparents Matter, LIving LegacyBy jwitkovskyJune 22, 2017Leave a comment

By Jerry Witkovsky (adapted from his book, The Grandest Love: Inspiring the Grandparent Grandchild Connection) Grandparents often ask me, “How will I be remembered?” They know that they can leave valuables, but things can be lost, discarded or no longer considered valuable. A legacy of values, however, can guide grandchildren in their daily life, school,…

On Making Memories

Grandparents Matter, LIving LegacyBy jwitkovskyJuly 25, 2016Leave a comment

As older adults, we sometimes feel as if we’ve seen and done it all; there is little that surprises us anymore.  An awareness of loss, of time growing shorter, may preoccupy us. But The Grandest Love takes us to an oasis in time and space, an oasis where promise – not loss – reigns.  No…

Kenny’s Pennies: Teaching About Money to Young Children

Grandparents Matter, LIving LegacyBy jwitkovskyApril 26, 2016Leave a comment

While I started my family on The Four Jars at 13 with $20 a month for a year, Kenny remembers the piggy bank that sat on Grandma’s dresser when he was growing up. When he would come to visit, Grandma would empty the coins onto the kitchen table, and Kenny would get to count out…

Create a Family Culture of Forgiveness

Family Vision, Intergenerational, LIving LegacyBy jwitkovskyApril 1, 2016Leave a comment

What does it mean to promote a culture of forgiveness? Not ignoring signs that we may have hurt a family member, and reaching out to them with concern and humility if we have. Not masking our own hurt feelings with aloof or angry behavior that is difficult for others to decipher and address. Striving to…

Grandparenting as an Active Verb

Deerfield High School, Grandparents Matter, LIving Legacy, School ConnectionBy jwitkovskyJanuary 22, 2016Leave a comment

“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.” – Rachel Carson “In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners,…

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