He met her up in Delaware in 1937 she was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress. It was December 24th at a quarter till eleven when he finally gained the courage to ask her to dance. It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight and the Carolers sang as they danced through the night. She was […]
Guiltless grandparenting starts with self-acceptance that most grandparents are trying to instill in their grandchildren. So if you really want them to value themselves, you have to show them how by valuing yourself. Here are ten grandparenting tips 1. Break the guilt habit and stop should-ing yourself. Replace thoughts of “this is who I should […]
If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening. When I was in my twenties I belonged to a writers group. We would meet every other Wednesday and share our short stories, plays, mysteries and memoirs. Needless to say we did a lot of talking and listening. As with any group of […]
Positive minds produce positive lives. Negative minds produce negative lives. Positive thoughts are always full of faith and hope. Negative thoughts are always full of fear and doubt. Some people are afraid to hope because they have been hurt so much in life. They have had so many disappointments, they don’t think they can face […]
Having fun with our kids is like a slice of pie. Think about a pie not as a fruit pie, but as a pie of life with slices that define different, slices of family life. One slice is childhood, the next slice is the parenting years, followed by the early adult slice and the largest slice is the empty nest years. If we live out our average life […]
Baby Boomers are cruising to places like Alaska, the Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia, and Italy and where ever the cruise ships will take them. My friend Ruby‘s nick name is the “Golden Princess.” Ruby announced to her family and friends that she has decided to go on a Princess cruise instead of going to a nursing home. […]
One of my favorite cinematic scenes is in the movie Steele Magnolias. Truvy Jones (played by Dolly Parton) is standing on the porch of beauty salon talking with young Annette ( played by Daryl Hannah) ”Honey” Truvy says, ” Time is marching on-and it is marching all over my face.” No words were truer than this time […]
