I’m one of those people who had a great dad, and believe me, I know how lucky I am. During my growing up years and after, he was a strong and steady presence in our family and in my life. Dad was a positive thinker before positive thinking was popular. He was quiet and humbleContinue reading “Did Dad Really Have It Figured Out?”
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Kind Of Missing My Old Life
Was it I, in a column written a few weeks into the pandemic, who extoled the virtues of working from home? It’s true, fewer cars on the road is helping our environment, and the time we used to dedicate to commuting has freed us up to do new things with our time. As for me,Continue reading “Kind Of Missing My Old Life”
Turning the Titanic Around
Click! My photo was snapped by my husband as I posed with my bike. Having just been retrieved from the garage, it had not seen the light of day in some time. That would change today – I was going for a ride! Dressed in a yellow summer blouse and my black and tan stretchContinue reading “Turning the Titanic Around”
There Are Some Things We Just Can’t Change
The Covid-19 situation has taken front and center stage of our lives, conversations, even our thoughts. Don’t you find you’re thinking about it or talking about it almost all the time? And while the situation has presented us with some challenges that are new, have life’s other typical problems just gone away? No, I wouldContinue reading “There Are Some Things We Just Can’t Change”
When an Old Friend Finds You
“Hi Cindy this is Deana, your childhood friend.” It took me a few moments to fully process the words staring up from the Messenger app on my phone. When it sank in that this really was Deana, a childhood friend I had met at age four, I wanted to jump with excitement. I had beenContinue reading “When an Old Friend Finds You”