The challenges of parenting today

June 29, 2026
parenting
I can't think of anything harder than parenting today. I don't have children of my own, but I clearly see the challenges in raising them today. It must feel like like trying to raise a human in a house with no walls and a thousand open windows. Your kids hear every voice and are exposed to every...
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Leave a Comment · Healthy Living, Inspiration

Boomer bloggers: should we laugh or cry? or both?

May 2, 2022
waiting-game
It's that time of the week again--our Baby Boomer bloggers are sharing information you can put to use...and some laughter, as well....come visit! Laurie Recently...
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3 Comments · Blog

Can you remember back when life was normal?

April 27, 2022
If life were normal we would have taken a bunch of exotic trips in 2020 and 2021. We would've seen the fjords in Norway, enjoyed the Hebrides and Shetland, probably...
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5 Comments · Blog, Opinion, Travel

Let go, let it go, let them go…and you fly!

April 22, 2022
let-them-go
I know this is going to help someone. I didn't write it, but I could have. It's attributed to Anonymous right now, since I don't know its origin.  It's how I live...
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13 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

How recounting the stories keeps them alive long after they...

April 19, 2022
A story about a bison in Yellowstone. And all about the remembering. Found among her personal effects When my late girlfriend's husband emailed me a photo of mementoes...
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18 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog

Why do you use a travel agent?

April 13, 2022
use-a-travel-agent
Why use a travel agent? That was the question a friend posed the other day and my answer came easily. I have better things to do than to spend hours perusing...
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15 Comments · Blog, Travel

How easy avocado toast ideas can spice up your mornings

April 12, 2022
avocado-toast
I am an avocado toast purist. But that doesn't mean I don't love me some good avocado toast ideas! Usually, though, I like to slice a ripe avocado, toast a good...
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8 Comments · Recipes

It’s time to stop making overworking a virtue

April 6, 2022
overwork
Back in the day, overworking was a virtue. "Bedchecks"--the 7pm grand tour execs would make to see who was still at work that late--were common in Silicon Valley...
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5 Comments · Blog

How did customer-centric behavior become obsolete?

April 5, 2022
customer-service
Ever feel like tearing out your hair after trying to reach "customer service?" Or after an interaction with a business that left you feeling unheard? There was a day...
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20 Comments · Blog

When you don’t feel of this world

March 30, 2022
of-this-world
Just sitting the other day I had this realization that I did not feel of this world. I know, I know, Jesus says in John 18:36  My Kingdom is not of this world. And I...
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1 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Spirituality

When people think you are strong & resilient

March 29, 2022
resilient
When people think you are strong and resilient, it usually means you are. But what comes with that is also the belief that you are not at all vulnerable. That you do...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Inspiration

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