I think that is the end goal — to say my life was well lived. Along the way I see I have found may role models. Uncle Kenny and Aunt Val are providing me continuing role models of how to live life well. So is Aunt Jo. Today I was lucky enough to see them…
After reading Joan’s Be Well blog on Friday, I realized, part of being well is being good to myself. I caught myself putting off doing things I like to do because I still had work to be done — not anything with a deadline, just the never-ending list of chores and projects beckoning to me when…
There are so many lifestyle habits that provide benefits to body, mind and spirit. Why do we have such a hard time incorporating self-care practices into our lives? Scientific research backs up the connections between taking care of ourselves physically to stay heart strong, but also for brain protection. Exercising, eating nutritionally and getting sufficient sleep are…
While many mothers look forward to the first day of school (think of the phenominal succsss of the STAPLES! It’s the most wonderful time of the year commercial) I did not. I hated it. I was the mother crying at the bus stop or the classroom door as it closed behind my child. Gone were the carefree days…
The hardest working, most productive people in the world live in Germany, according to a recent study. The study concluded it had something to do with that fact that Germany is also the country where people take the most vacation. Taking this study to heart, my co-blogger Joan S. Grey and I are going to…
“That means you’ve stood up for something, some time in your life.” Winston Churchill. So many famous people give us so many quotable quotes about bravery and integrity. Sometimes I read them and think – I’m not a famous person, I don’t have any occasion to make a stand or be publicly brave. But I…
We had such a great time together celebrating the 4th! Me and 23 of my best friends. And no place says “Fourth of July Party” quite like an ocean-viewing beach chair. The weather was perfect and the company even better. But like many grains of sand stuck in the wrong places, all those people gathered…
