A Loving Letter from the Post Office
The picture and letter below were sent to me through email. This amazing story, told by a mother, demonstrates that the world continues...
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Welcome to the Education with Grandma Blog
Below you will find essays, articles and posts. To read about a specific topic, click on one of the links below and scroll down.
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 24, 2022
NOT Playing Small
I wrote the post below for my granddaughter who is a young teenager. Sweet granddaughter, I realize that you struggle with shyness and...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 24, 2022
Grandmother’s Cyclone Story
In honor of Mother’s Day, I share a story that my mother’s mother told me. Grandmother Glover, my mother’s mother, was 87 years old when...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 24, 2022
Secrets of Pendulums and Life
Does it seem like sometimes life dumps trouble all over you? Do you occasionally think that life is definitely NOT fair? You are right!...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 24, 2022
Conquering Fear With “Yes, I Can!”
This post was written for my teenage granddaughter. Even as I remember the frightening aspects of growing up, I realize that life is full...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 24, 2022
Pain From Others Shows Their Pain
The amount of pain a person causes is a measure of the pain that an individual holds inside. That means, that when a friend says unkind...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 20, 2022
Gratitude Lists
When I respond to your problem by asking you to write a gratitude list, you must think I’m strange. The suggestion comes out of my own...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 20, 2022
What Are You Thankful for, Catherine?
Everyone who strives to help beginning readers wants to use beneficial practices. Sometimes, the intuitive response to an unknown word...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
Building Family Memories
Although we only see the children who live out of town on rare occasions, the time with them feels sweet and special when we can be...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
Gotta Love Those Boys
Grandpa and I always counted ourselves fortunate that we enjoyed the many hours Lane, Dalton, and their friend, Derek spent with us as...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
Laughing As Part of Sadness
Have you noticed that death often fosters feelings of sadness even while holding tightly to humor? After a memorial for John Long, a...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
Crossing the Bridge
Last week, I shared a college experience with my teenage partner, John Long. Thoughts of working with John triggered a second Oklahoma...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
Seventy Years Young
That’s quire a milestone for anyone. All who know and love you realize our lives get better the longer you stick around. I wish you many...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
Celebrating
For most of his 70 years, Chris worked to make a positive difference. He definitely did all he could to help anyone who crossed his path....
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 9, 2022
OOPS! Did We Lose Those Anti-Forgetfulness Pills?
For some time, Chris and I have worried about our forgetfulness. A few weeks ago, a friend suggested that we get screened for Dementia...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 8, 2022
Yep! I Know How to Celebrate
Yesterday, for birthday number 78, some dear, special friends and relatives joined me to feed horses and see new baby animals. We enjoyed...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 8, 2022
The Simple Truth
I treasure memories of my dad, Watters Farnum, as a plain-spoken, somewhat uneducated cowboy who spoke grammatically incorrect English...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 8, 2022
A BIGGER TABLE
On a recent Sunday morning, we found the following article, from “A Bigger Table” by John Pavlovitz in our church bulletin. “I really...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 8, 2022
Hablo Español? Un Poco
My conversational Spanish is definitely lopsided. As I stumble through what I hope will be a reasonable statement, my baffled listeners...
Barbara Frandsen
Jun 8, 2022
HAPPY EXPECTATIONS
Even though we all know that I am much too young to be a great-grandmother, that’s exactly what is going to occur. At the end of May, a...
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