Almost from birth we are steadily being shaped and taught how best to navigate and acclimate into polite society. Not just our parents but siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, ministers, teachers and sometimes strangers innocuously influence our dreams and goals. Along the way we all experience growing milestones – The much anticipated and talked about first…
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Covid 19 Forgotten Children
Gaging the extent of ‘social and psychological’ damage to our youth by China’s Coronavirus – Covid19 will take years. The harm inflicted upon millions of otherwise healthy children, by keeping them out of school, will be measured by childhood development professionals. As a grandmother of three young children, I am witnessing first; the backsliding of…
One Year Down – Rest of Life To Go
With my quit smoking first anniversary today, I am wondering how to celebrate. It feels like some rejoicing should take place. It feels wonderful, it feels like I have achieved some phenomenal feat. I am not sure when I have ever felt prouder of myself – if ever. And low and behold it occurs to…
Best Friend Lifelong Choice
Okay, well this will have to be the most fun I have had writing since I do not know when. The topic spans memories of my youth well into my “older” years. There is only one person in my early life that I remember what my first words spoken to her were. She will be…
Winding Road to Forgiveness
One of my earliest memories takes place at the First Church of the Nazarene located in a small mid coast town in Maine. Mom had dropped us children off at Sunday School (this was before the old blue bus began providing pick-ups at the corner of our street). It was a particularly windy and cold…
SNOW Mid – April 2020
How do slight anomalies in the weather relate to CoronaVirus? Well, if not for Covid 19 ‘SNOW’ in New England in April most likely would be the “Not So Hot” (pun) topic. Here we are living through a time where all elective surgeries are placed on hold. Included in this category are wart removals but…
Quitting Smoking
Well today marks 119 days of zero nicotine for me. Here’s hoping for many more days, months and maybe even years if I’m lucky, yes lucky. Damage has already been done. I had been putting nicotine and thousands of other dangerous chemicals into my body daily and for about 43 years now, so yes I…
Easter sans Grandparents due to Covid 19 Coronavirus 2020
Today brings Easter – a holiday often shared with grandparents, the large ham dinner, Easter egg hunts, chocolates and jelly beans, marshmallow chicks and finally solemn discussions with the young children on the true meaning of Easter – *hint not about a bunny. While some grandparents are lucky enough to still spend this day with…
“Being Apart of Family” (pun intended) during Covid 19 Coronavirus
Well, here it is week #2 of socially distancing from my 3 granddaughters. Aged 11, 7, and almost 3. The last time we spent actual time together was just about 2 full weeks ago – I drove to their house and all four of us ventured out to a nearby park. Like everyone else at…