Helping Boomers Find the Key to Happiness
Remember the good old days when people practiced old-fashioned hospitality? When you could show up at someone’s house unannounced, and they were actually happy to see you? The other day, I was reminiscing about...
Why start writing in retirement? For many of us, retirement is the finish line we worked toward for decades. We spent years building careers, raising families, paying bills, meeting deadlines, and putting everyone else’s...
One of the surprises of getting older is how quickly the seasons (and years) seem to pass. As we move into fall once again, it seems to me that the changing seasons of our...
If you grew up as a Baby Boomer, I’m sure you have plenty of family road trip memories. Remember when the journey itself was the entertainment? The days before smartphones, Spotify, tablets, and streaming...
If you want to know what it felt like to grow up as a Baby Boomer, just turn on the music. Because boomer songs were life markers. Each note carries a memory, each lyric...
Let’s be honest. Technology didn’t exactly grow up with us. We came from an era of rotary phones and TVs that required getting up to change the channel (the horror). So, no shame if...
Spring has a way of making us feel like moving again. The sun lingers a little longer, the air smells fresher, and suddenly the idea of getting off the couch doesn’t seem quite as...
Have you noticed that we start appreciating nature more with age? My writing desk sits by a set of windows that overlook the yard, and I’ll admit, the wildlife is wonderfully distracting. At this...
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not perfect at ignoring the small stuff. But I’ve gotten better at it. The secret? Practicing patience, persistence, and perspective. When I was younger, I noticed everything. Every tiny...
As we say goodbye to 2025 and hello to another new year, I found myself browsing through last year’s journal for some moments of reflection and renewal. Those scribbled thoughts, quiet worries, and unexpected...
If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know that my mother suffered from Lewy body dementia (LBD), a cruel combination of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s symptoms, and I became her primary caregiver. Sacrificing...
