What's your favorite? While still on break, Emily sends out a bonus episode with updates on several of her guests accomplishing great things, and takes a look back at a few favorite episodes. If you missed them, give a listen! Links below:

Surrogate Grandparenting, Part 2

Estrangement

Do Grandparents Matter?

Overcoming "Disabilities"

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Emily wraps up Season Four with personal stories from her recent guests about sleepovers with their grandparents. There's a wide range of experiences, and you may find your own echoed among them. Also, sit in on a "board meeting" with Emily and producer/husband Mike that maps out some neat changes ahead for The Grand Life.

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Emily speaks with author Molly Beth Griffin, author of Ten Beautiful Things, a children's book which deals with helping a grand develop a sense of gratitude in a tough time. Emily's essay explores how and why her gratitude has ebbed and flowed over her lifetime.

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The author's web site is www.mollybethgriffin.com.

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Did your parents raise to to be an activist? Emily's guest had that experience, and did it ever take root in her! Joan Ditzion is a leader of the Feminist Movement through her work on the landmark book "Our Bodies, Our Selves." Now a grandmother, she's passing it on.

EPISODE NOTES

Joan led the team who wrote "Our Bodies Our Selves," and today numerous resources are available at ourbodiesourselves.org, including a blog, the current (2011) edition of the book itself, and special editions focused on pregnancy/birth and menopause.

Emily mentioned her recent basement remodel and that window through which imaginings will pass. Here's that play area under the basement stairs:

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EPISODE NOTES

Emmy Bodner teaches in Clarksville (Ind.) Community Schools. Her school's video of "We Are The World" is on YouTube--and as of July, 2021 is approaching half a million views!

Ben Kaufman mentions two pieces worth your time: Take Five by Dave Brubek, and the Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert (links are to YouTube.) 

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If music defines you to any degree, then you probably love sharing your music with your grands--playing it, or just listening to tunes. This episode begins a short series on playing and sharing music as a grandparent. Plus, Emily's essay: The Stretch It Takes this week is fearlessly sharing your musical side with your grands.

EPISODE NOTES

Emily's guest, Elaine Serling, writes and records music that encourages children in the Jewish faith. Find out more at her website.

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We end our three-part series on faith formation in grandchildren by hearing from two Christians who take somewhat different approaches: one who feels a heavy burden to guide young people toward his faith, and another who has written a new children's book to help grandparents explain who God is.

EPISODE NOTES

Author Jennifer Grant is on the web at http://www.jennifergrant.com.  Her books are available through her publisher at https://www.beamingbooks.com/store/author/6850/Jennifer-Grant. 

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A working mother from the Muslim faith talks with Emily how her own parents and grandparents worked out their faith, even now influencing her and her children's faith journeys. Plus, in The Stretch It Takes, we learn how Mary Poppins is somewhat responsible for Emily's faith journey.

Emily's book 52 Ways to Worship is available for Amazon Kindle.

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How do grandparents influence their grands to inherit their belief system? Emily begins this three-part series with a Jewish grandmother and a Mormon mother for some models and observations on imparting a "faith of origin" to grandchildren.

EPISODE NOTES

Emily's guest Barbara Greenleaf writes in a range of forms, including young-adult fiction and self-help for grandparents. See her work at https://www.barbaragreenleaf.com. 

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In the conclusion of the series on aging, host Emily Morgan talks with filmmaker Dana Glaser, who has written and directed A Case of Blue, a story of an aging man who contemplates a series of second chances and finds a clearer view of himself in the process. (Photo: Tom Hussey)

EPISODE NOTES

Our extraordiary cover art for this episode comes from a photo series about reflecting on our younger selves by Dallas photographer Tom Hussey. See the series at tomhussey.com. 

Dana's movie is available at https://www.acaseofblue.com. 

An earlier film of his that was mentioned is "The Evolution of Dad," a 2010 documentary about fatherhood in the U.S. It's available on DVD or online stream (vimeo.com/ondemand.evolutionofdad).

Congrats to Melissa Davey on her film Beyond Sixty, now widely available on demand through both TV and Internet services. For more info see https://www.beyondsixtyproject.com/watch-now

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