Category Archives: Children

Attacking Joy

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

One of the greatest gifts we have as humans are friends.  Friends lift us up, push us on, and accept us just the way we are, no matter what we do to them. When we were getting ready to move … Continue reading →

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The Fellowship of Women

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

When our oldest daughter, Rachel was born my roommate and I had a great time together.  The ladies in the maternity wing shared a room back then. I think it was much less boring than lying in a room all … Continue reading →

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Hi-Ho The Derry-O, A Junking We Will Go!

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

All of my life, or at least for the portion that I was able to walk, I have been a garbage picker. In my mind a garbage picker is kind of like the American Pickers, only less “picky”, not as … Continue reading →

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Oops…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

It infiltrates. It permeates. It saturates. And, at times, it really stinks. I’m not talking about politics…I’m talking about change. “Things” have changed…again. The older I get, the more I see change worm its way into every area of our … Continue reading →

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The Taming of the Tongue

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

In an old country churchyard in Hatfield, Massachusetts,  stands a drab, gray slate from 1771. The faint markings read: Beneath this stone, a lump of clay, lies Arabella Young, who on the twenty-fourth of May, began to hold her tongue.

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How Do I Love My Body…

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

Let me count the ways… Once you hit 50, I think those ways are hard to think of, let alone count. The tendency, for some or most women anyway, is to look at ourselves and wonder what happened. I have recently … Continue reading →

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Is He or Isn’t He? Only His DNA Knows for Sure…

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

As you probably already know, when I turned 55 my husband gave me an Ancestry DNA kit for my birthday. When I told him he should do one he refused saying, “I’m 100% Chinese. Why should I pay money for … Continue reading →

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