Relationships
Whatever your relationship status with the vast number of types of relationships, a relationship requires work in the areas of communicating and listening, freedom and trust, and everything inbetween.
How to Be Safe in the Age of Digital and Online Dating
Once again, at age 65, I consider myself a novice at dating in real life. Let me explain. I met my first husband in high school in the Spanish class we had. We started dating in my sophomore year and…
How You Can Add Sunshine to Someone’s Day
I will freely admit it: I am a social media junkie. Although I am working to curtail my presence on the various social media sites, I find myself perusing them for inspiration with my meals. Some of the best memes…
Do You Let People In Your Life Be Who They Are?
In the afternoon, “court” television fills my living room with shows like Divorce Court and Paternity Court. I’m always amazed at the number of people whose major complaint with their spouse or partner is that the person they fell in…
5 Ways to Cultivate Good Family Relationships
Important ideas in stressful times Family. We all have one whether we want to acknowledge them or not. In the wake of COVID lockdowns and social distancing, concern about passing on the virus to our older generation relatives kept us…
An Experiment Comes to an End
Meet Glenda, our camper. On September 13, 2018, we embarked on a month long camping trip. It started out as a possible week long trip to Northern Illinois for my youngest son’s wedding, but it soon morphed into a…
Lean On Me
Our lesson today comes from the words in Bill Withers’s song “Lean on Me” from 1972. Life can be hard. It can throw us curve balls that we aren’t expecting. How do you react when life gets difficult? Do you…
