It’s Time for Virtual Christmas Giving
Happy Holidays … VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS by Pat Hanson, Ph.D. © A Miracle Under the Tree: Real Stories of Hope, Faith and the True Meaning of Christmas – Harlequin 2012 I prefer Halloween to Christmas. You have an excuse for putting on a mask, can dress up any way you’d like, and pretend. Soon after, […]
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A Baby Blessing the World’s Children Need Now
VERY VISIBLE GRANDPARENTING – A Live Streamed Baby Blessing Sunday I stood on the stage of our church facing 100 + people, their palms outstretched toward my son, his wife, 14 month Sierra and my husband and I holding a laminated picture of five month old Ivan who lives on the East coast. His parents […]
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Happy Birthday Annie!
October 24th and you are 14 years old. I have no idea what you look like as a young woman or how comfortable or happy you are with school, your friends, your sisters and family. Since all I can do right now is just imagine what kind of celebration you had, today in honor of […]
...read moreGRAND Magazine features we IGs – Submit Your Stories
I have been asked to be a regular columnist for GRAND Magazine that is celebrating its 11th birthday today. Please check out this lively informative magazine and log-in for your free subscription to this first issue; and by all means subscribe. I’m honored to be on their team. We are looking for Invisible Grandparents of […]
...read moreBook Promotion: It May not be about Profits; It’s all About Connections
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING-http://www.trivalleywriters.org/ Sept. 19, 2015: Promotion, Let’s Count the Ways. WARNING! It May Not Equal Profit: It’s All About Connection Dr. Pat Hanson – www.invisiblegradparent.com is a seasoned health and human sexuality educator, public speaker, workshop facilitator and writer residing on the Monterey Peninsula. Former co-chair of the Monterey/Santa Cruz chapter […]
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A Fireworks Aficionado Prays for Peace on 4th of July
Fireworks by Pat Hanson (July 4, 2004) We’re fireworks aficionados My significant equal and I ‘saw the millennium spectacle in 1999 with half a million on Washington, DC’s mall Marked the 4th of 2000 ‘cross the river from Manhattan Island We revel in pop, crack, pound-your-heart outbursts […]
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LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE “GOOD-DADS”
Every year in June we commemorate and honor the role those men seeded (literally) in our lives. All too often the other 364 days of the year, media harps on the minority of absentee, unavailable, deadbeat or even abusive fathers. But on this one day, and all days, we should remember to thank the ‘good […]
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June 14th, 2015 is the first Grandparent Alienation Awareness Day
Hear from experts on invisible, estranged and alienated grandparenting and learn how we are not alone, can heal and work together to advocate for grandparents rights.
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Tai Chi: Fake it Gracefully
Dear Annie and Carter: If you’d met me in person … you’d probably say “my granny is always busy with so many exciting things to do every day,” or “sometimes it is hard to keep up with her,” or “she moves so fast it’s hard to believe she is seventy.” Well, the secret to […]
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A Skype Baby Shower for a Visible Grandbaby still in the Oven
A SKYPE Baby Shower for my secondborn and his wife who opened presents with live guests and gifts from as far as Michigan, Utah, New York and Aromas,CA … whodda thunk it!?
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Proximity to a Growing Grandson’s Politics …. How’d that Happen?
Carter was eighteen months old when everyone at our wedding in Big Sur commented what a sweet well-behaved beautiful child he was, and what a great job his mother Lily was doing of parenting with her new husband. That was 14 years ago. I can count on my hands the number of times I visited […]
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MY MOTHERS DAY MESSAGE IS “YES …. and”
The most important words when doing comedy improv are “YES AND…” Applying these two words allows for compassionate conversation and lifts people, even communities.
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This is what Visible Grandparenting Looks Like
Such fun .. an unexpected visit @ 7.5 month old Sierra and her great mom Nicole.
...read moreLIFE ITSELF … a Touching Memoir/Documentary of Roger Ebert
It took two evenings for my 88 year old grand-mother-in-law and I to watch Martin Scorsese’s brilliant documentary of the entire life and times about Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and film critic Roger Ebert. What an honor it was to sit with the woman who left Kansas when she was 15 in 1940, found herself […]
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Glorious Women Never Age?
My husband’s 88 year old mother, is a tiny wisp of a thing, 78 pounds, sparkling eyes, smooth skin, mind clear as a tack. Her daily highlight is a dose of John Stewart followed by the PBS News Hour. She definitely is a glorious woman; that is when she isn’t having an arrhythmia as she […]
...read moreCOMMENTARY ON MY BOOK FROM WRITERS DIGEST
Judge’s Commentary* 22ND ANNUAL SELF PUBLISHED BOOK AWARDS : Invisible Grandparenting is a valuable book on a topic that doesn’t get a lot of ink, but is part of many people’s lives. The author has the advantage of being in the situation herself, and knows the ins and outs, the pain and the pitfalls, of […]
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Dear Annie : You have a new sister!
January 5, 2015 Dear Annie … I finally had the nerve to look you up on Facebook. At first I couldn’t find any with your combination of names; I guess that at 13 you may not have started that addictive game that some people get into constantly. That made me feel good. I did however […]
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