Today’s Featured Post
Conversations
I have seen this question on many a list and been asked it several times: “With whom in history would you like to have a personal conversation?” Without discussing regrets – because I can’t beat myself up about the past when I acted my age, drew on my then experience, and was clueless – I would like to…
Form Letters
…To Mom on Mother’s Day
NOTE. This is one of a series of requested letters that will be posted under “Form Letters” for those of you who would…
Welcome to My World of Letters
Many of you are looking for a specific letter for ideas to help you write to someone you love. You are welcome to…
Traveling with Grief
I’m duplicating this from my Mexican blog. I posted this three years ago today. I have learned through the years that bad news…
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Retirement Living
Dia de los Muertos
It’s a hard holiday to give up, so we haven’t. Many years have passed in community and joyful celebration of the people who…
Looking for the Moon
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth…
Oops! I said that wrong.
An antidote for my getting stuck is examining my life and seeing where the quagmire has trapped me. My husband and I discussed…
You Might Want to Know
Unexpected Kindness of Strangers
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” Dalai Lama As I was cleaning up my messy nest this morning I discovered something that had tucked itself under my chair. A Reminder – people go out of…
Another year older…
My 81st birthday has come and gone. It’s been a good beginning for the year to come. On my birthday three of my kids and my son-in-law gathered at my favorite restaurant. It was easy to spend three…
A Wonderful Ending
I truly have beautiful birthday weekend plans. And it began on Thursday with a trip to the growers market. My son came to town and took a friend of mine and I to pick out some plants and…
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Life , Love and Parenting
It is…
Most mornings we try to have snuggle time. As we age our disabilities and limitations make it harder to get through the days and we noticed we weren’t…
Ode to a big Brother
I have lost my only big brother. My other brothers-in-law were peers or father figures. He was unique. As most teenage girls who have an older brother, I…
Lean In, Baby Girl
Dear Granddaughter, I can feel your frustration and exhaustion. I know you need love and support. You always have it from me, but do you and your…
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My Life Class
Intellectual and Spiritual Connection
I need more connection. I have always been a seeker – looking for meaning and importance and every moment of my life. But now I am a bit needy. Maybe it’s…
Being Enough
“If my aim is to prove that I am ‘enough’ the project goes on to infinity – because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was…
Me and My Shadow
I’ve heard about the shadow in the last half of my life but I have only recently begun to do some work. I have known that looking through the lens of…
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A Letter to my Children 