While our studio is out of commission for a few weeks, we're inviting listeners of The Grand Life to revisit an episode about the talk all families need to have if guns are kept where kids might discover them.

While our studio is out of commission for a few weeks, we're inviting listeners of The Grand Life to revisit an episode about the talk all families need to have if guns are kept where kids might discover them.

Grandparenting with our whole hearts takes time and intention. This podcast entertains, educates, and enlightens grandparents who want to become the best they can be. Author Emily Morgan hosts an exploration of grandparenting, the relationships within the role, and the ways in which our grandparenting impacts our children--and their children.

The Grand Life: Wholehearted Grandparenting

Revisiting a 2021 episode on having the talk about grandkids and your guns with their parents.

Rewind: The Gun Talk

Emily and Mike touch base with listeners on why ratings and reviews matter, the worrisome career choice of Social Media Influencer (depicted on this week's episode art), and how exactly to leave a podcast review on an iPhone.

Please share your comments by email at grandlifeconnection@gmail.com or by voice at (317) 572-7876.

Emily and Mike touch base with listeners on why ratings and reviews matter, the worrisome career choice of Social Media Influencer (depicted on this week's episode art), and how exactly to leave a podcast review on an iPhone.
Please share your comments by email at <a href="mailto:grandlifeconnection@gmail.com">grandlifeconnection@gmail.com</a> or by voice at (317) 572-7876.

Help! My grandchild wants to be a professional social media influencer! And other housekeeping.

141: Touching Base, Catching Up

Some of us will be fortunate enough to see the results of intentional grandparenting in the lives of our older grands. Meet Zach Samalonis, a twentysomething who cared for and grew from his grandparents' struggles and influences. Stan Samalonis and Zach, age 8, grace the cover art for this episode.

Zach's personal story is highlighted on his portfolio web site, https://www.zachsamdesigns.com/.

We met Zach through this article about his aviation camp experiences written by his mom for the website NextAvenue.

To hear more from us on this theme, check out our earlier episode, "Do Grandparents Matter?"  (It's one of Mike's all-time favorites.)

Some of us will be fortunate enough to see the results of intentional grandparenting in the lives of our older grands. Meet Zach Samalonis, a twentysomething who cared for and grew from his grandparents' struggles and influences. Stan Samalonis and Zach, age 8, grace the cover art for this episode. Zach's personal story is highlighted on his portfolio web site, <a href="https://www.zachsamdesigns.com/">https://www.zachsamdesigns.com/</a><a data-sheets-formula-bar-text-link="https://www.zachsamdesigns.com/" data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style="font-size:15px;color:#1155cc;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:''docs-Calibri'';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;">.</a>
We met Zach through this <a href="https://www.nextavenue.org/aviation-camp-an-intergenerational-blast-off/">article </a>about his aviation camp experiences written by his mom for the website NextAvenue. To hear more from us on this theme, check out our earlier episode, "<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/thegrandlife/do-grandparents-matter">Do Grandparents Matter?</a>"  (It's one of Mike's all-time favorites.)

We grandparents play the long game, hoping our influence will bear fruit as our grands grow.

The Long Game

Author and anthropologist Helen Ellis returns for an update with Emily and Mike about her books and research on being distance grandparent and a distance grandchild. Helen's books are available here on her website, distancefamilies.com.

For more on this subject, check out earlier episodes: 
Global Grandparenting, Part 1
Global Grandparenting, Part 2

Author and anthropologist Helen Ellis returns for an update with Emily and Mike about her books and research on being distance grandparent and a distance grandchild. Helen's books are available <a href="https://www.distancefamilies.com/shop.html">here </a>on her website, distancefamilies.com.
For more on this subject, check out earlier episodes:  <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/thegrandlife/distance-global-grandparenting-part-1">Global Grandparenting, Part 1</a>   <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/thegrandlife/distance-global-grandparenting-part-2">Global Grandparenting, Part 2</a>

Author Helen Ellis from New Zealand is studying what it's like being a distance grandchild.

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