Can You See the Blessings?
I didn’t need another item on my “To Do” List which has lists for my list! To add to that was the flu Thad and I caught while helping to care for our two and
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The Cycle of Life
Right now, I am trying to find a rose colored glasses, flower powered medical and aging perspective. Help me. You see, I am now sporting dental braces for the third time in my life. Why,
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Thanksgiving Past & Present
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie I recently read this quote and it got me to thinking about how I am grateful
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20 Ways to Cope With a Chronic Illness
I cannot create a better list than what Bridget Gazlay has done. Here is some great advice for anyone suffering from chronic illness. Bridget Gazlay is a freelance writer and artist (and is also chronically ill).
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Are You Empty Inside?
A neighbor’s house is decorated for Halloween using posable skeletons: 2 human like figures and a dog. Every day the wife conjures up positions to put them in and every night the husbands sets up
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From Mechanics to TaTas
My grandson, Ryker has a fascination with anything mechanical, specifically the washing machine. He studies the machine as it seeks to level the clothes out, then marvels as the water begins to fill the wash
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Witches, Warlocks and Spiders, Be Damned!
October makes me think of Halloween and I begin the season of decorating my house with funny, cute and scary things like witches welcoming my grandchildren in for a “spell”, warlocks peering out through the
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Are you on the “Wrong” Concourse?
I recently did some air travel and was very proud of myself for downloading my boarding pass to my phone in lieu of wasting paper. While I am a product of the generation that feels
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Overeating or Under Training?
Thad and I had some friends over and as good hosts had wonderfully, scrumptious foods with all the calories, sugar, fat and carbs I could think of. The friends brought their delicious contributions as well.
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Is Aging a Gift?
Aging isn’t pretty. Watching it happen takes courage, faith and humor. I’ve been watching the aging process for years. My body has shifted southward starting with my eyelids which have become hurricane shutters for my
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We Have Lift Off!
Have you ever had a dream that came and went and then came again? At times, it felt so out of range that it was merely an unobtainable pipe dream. There were times when the
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