“You are a good listener and ask really good questions.” This is what someone recently said to me about twenty minutes after we first met. “Do you realize how interesting you are?” was my reply. I find the interesting in everyone. I’ve discovered...
Read moreLasts My oldest son graduated from 8th grade. Now to many of you that might sound like a big deal, but for me it is. It is the last time he will be a student in the school he has been attending since kindergarten. This month has been a...
Read moreMother’s Day is around the corner, and if you are like me, you are always trying to find something new and meaningful for your mom or grandmother. Often the important women in our lives are looking to downsize or declutter, so how do you give...
Read moreBlue Puppy I was a healthy child. I was a kid before many of today’s vaccines were available. I had the mumps when I was very young, and I don’t remember being sick. I was old, 15, when I got the chicken pox. I remember that illness well. It...
Read moreI am a child of the 1970s. My formative years, my childhood, were the ’70s. I wore bellbottoms, and I had long feathered hair, aka the Farrah cut. I listened to disco music and loved it. I drank from the garden hose. I feel nostalgic when I think...
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