Posts in Grandma Gets Real

Cindy Jackson – A Living Barbie Doll

Barbie is perfect. Who can compete with plastic? In 1959 Mattel introduced their version of Barbie—the fashion model—and she[…]

Are You Smart or Wise?

So many times, I’m driven by how I feel and not what I think. God wants us to be[…]

Good Fortune

I love Chinese food, I even like opening the fortune cookies and laughing at the predictions. Once I opened[…]

Fingerprints

My teenage son, Jeremy, took a CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) class. So we took a tour of the crime[…]

I have gadgets and gizmos aplenty and whozits and whatsits galore

Barbie’s got the goods. (Houses, and jet skies and cars oh, my!) You want it? She’s got it! Hey,[…]

Can You Be Too Thin?

This photo was taken in Paris 1979. I was 108lbs. Edward the 8th abdicated his throne to marry the woman[…]

Fashioned By God

Famous fashion designers, like Liz Claiborne and Donna Karan, label all their creations and Barbie has ‘Mattel’ stamped on[…]

Elisabeth Elliot on Beauty

“People’s standards, of course, differ. Usually, in things that do not matter, we set them impossibly high and thus[…]

Do You Want A Tan?

I’ve suffered from paleness all my life. When I was young, my Aunt Judy told me “brown fat is[…]

The Fatal Gift of Beauty

Thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty. – Lord Byron The news shows are full of reports on[…]