I’ll Have What She Has
Have you ever met someone who seemed to just glow with happiness, energy, and light? I met someone just like that at the German American Club in Casselberry where Thad and I and some neighbors
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Phew! It isn’t Personal
Thad and I were having our personal training session where my daughter, Francesca works. She enjoys the office because the doctor, office manager, massage therapist and the other rehabilitative exercise therapist work together as a
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Anticipatory Grief: Friend or Foe?
My friend and writer’s accountability partner has just published her debut book, Anticipatory Grief – The Journey of a Thousand Losses and Endless Grace by Tracy Pratt. I had never heard the term before but
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Too Hot to Cook Recipe
Here is a recipe that won’t heat up the kitchen, is healthy and satisfying and perfect for those hot summer days with an index heat of 110! This is taken from The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen, by
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Teeter Totter Tests Marriage
Thad & I recently celebrated 45 years of marriage. You think you know someone after all those years, right? But he came home the other day with an Inversion Table. Inversion therapy involves hanging like
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Can You Go Back?
I recently went back to my old home town of Boca Raton for a Christening. It was a busy weekend with seeing family especially those we hadn’t seen in a long time. But we did
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Fireworks of a Different Kind
You know you’re getting old when you schedule your colonoscopy for the day after the 4th of July. While everyone will be over indulging on burgers and dogs, corn on the cob, red, white &
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Cogitating at 3 am
As I trudged into the bathroom for my third visit of the night, I began to review my health status. The review went something like this. At 64 I have more aches and pains than
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My First VBS (Vacation Bible Study)
I just attended my first Vacation Bible Study. Like some children, I had my reservations. I had my reasons: I didn’t really know if I’d like it, didn’t know a lot of people, and thought
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Father’s Day Past & Present
I have some wonderful memories of my dad: making up songs or singing U.S. army songs with my dad as he and I ran errands around town – “Over hill, over dale, we have hit
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Is History Repeating Itself?
Seventy Five years ago today the world joined forces to defeat a ruthless invader whose sole purpose was to annihilate those that were deemed less than perfect. Today as I watched the Remembrance of D-Day
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Judge Not Till You’re Living in Their World
Do you ever find yourself getting impatient with someone who is elderly and walking slowly ahead of you? Or maybe they are as slow as molasses in a checkout line at 5:30 pm when you
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