
The joys of being a grandmother
Musings by Beryl Jupiter

Post #48: African Safari Here We Come
Having described our Planning for an African Safari in Blog Post #47, Nana continues in this blog post with her travelogue of our...

Post #47: Planning an African Safari
Although we had two terrific Nana and Papa vacations with our grandson Cooper in the second half of 2023 which I have yet to blog about,...

Post #46: California Kid Sitting
Even before Nana and Papa concluded their delightful March, 2023, Fiji visit, Stacy started hearing about an upcoming meeting she would...

Post #45: Return to Fiji 2023
So you might be wondering where Nana has been for the past six months since my last blog was published. I had all good intentions of...

Post #44: Finally Papa
So I’ve been wondering whether we’ve all outgrown the FinallyNana blog, which I had created to share how much I longed to become a...

Post #43: European Vacation, week two
With Oo-oo reunited with Cooper, the luggage cram-packed into the SUV wayback, Jesse at the wheel of our rental vehicle, Jason...

Post #42: Where’s Oo-oo? A Monkey Soother Saga
So I hope you haven’t lost sleep worrying over missing Oo-oo, aka Oo lala in France, which was where Nana ended Blog post #41 about our...

Post #41: Voyage de Famille en France, la premiere semaine (first week)
You probably read in blog post #40 all about the multiplicity of details that Nana and her daughter Stacy coordinated to arrange our...

Post #40: So This Was a Happy Surprise
After our busy and fun-filled Florida visit from our Fiji family in June, I was a fully satiated Nana. But even so, with no specific...

Post #39: And It’s Not Over Yet
So I’d love to jump right in and start telling you about our recent European trip with six year-old grandson Cooper, but I feel compelled...

Post #38: Orlando Amusement Mecca
How to make the most of a theme park visit? From my perspective, that would be an immediate beeline to the most important interest for...

Post #37: Fiji Family’s Florida Fling
On Saturday, June 12th in Fiji, our family began their long journey to Nana and Papa’s Florida house. On the way to the international...

Post #36: And the decision is ...
Even though we had an extensive stay in Fiji over the December/January holidays, I was already wondering, as Jesse and I left for home,...

Post #35: And Just Like That
I must apologize to my devoted FinallyNana readers about how long it has taken Nana to write you off the precipice of Post #34’s...

Post #34: Our First Post-Covid Visit with our Grandson
I am very happy to publish my 34th blog post on my January 26 birthday, having established my Finally Nana blog three years ago. And...

Post #33: Finally Getting to See our Grandson
So I never expected it would be more than 10 months since I last posted to my blog. I certainly thought about writing a new post...

Post #32: Nana's First Babysitting Mission
Once again it’s been quite a while since my last blog, actually almost twice as long as it was between the prior two posts. Mainly...

Post #31: Cooper's First Christmas and Chanukah
So you may have noticed that it’s been a while since my last blog post, which was more than two months ago, and actually the longest I...

Post #30: What to call a grandparent?
When my daughter became pregnant, some friends asked me, “What will your grandchild call you?” Not particularly focusing on my...



















