About: Margaret Vander Weerdt

Local schools host grandparents day. Sometimes the highlight of the event is when the students "interview" their grandparents on what school was like for them at their grandchild’s age or a story about the grandchild’s parents. The anecdotes shared by the grandparents never fail to dazzle and often downright befuddle the rapt grandchildren. There’s no need...

According to Jorrie L. Muniz of The Relationship Resource Group, Inc., “Aging is a natural process that brings with it unforeseen challenges and opportunities. But how we age is a mindful choice: Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more. Practicing these four rules for aging will...

If you’ve been thinking the U.S. flag has been flying at half-staff so many, many times, you are right. If you’ve been thinking the U.S. flag has been flying at half-staff too many times, you are right. If you can’t keep up with when and why the U.S. flag has been flying at half-staff, you...

These days, brides pick any wedding day, at any time of day, and at any location, with destination weddings at some far-off island or mountain. Once upon a time, girls dreamed of becoming June brides. I wondered where the tradition of “June brides” came from, so I did a little research and learned the tradition...

With graduation time about over for the season, I have a confession to make. I loved school except for one thing, history. I was good at memorizing, so I usually passed the history tests with flying colors but retained very little. My recent visit to Washington, D.C., made me wish I had liked the subject...