Baby Boomers Blazing New Trail as Grandparents
Several years ago, I reunited with some of my old high school friends. The heartthrob and biggest flirt of our crowd was the first of us to become a grandparent. We middle-aged girls couldn’t...
Category: Relationships
What Are Your Life’s Happiest Moments?
If you look back on your life, which moments would you count as your happiest? What would be your biggest regrets? That’s the intriguing question online auto insurance company Beagle Street asked 1000 “life...
When Adult Children Move Back Home
As I wrote in a past blog, when my youngest son, Chris, left home, I didn’t think I would be like those other mothers who cry a river. No empty nest syndrome for me! After...
Finding Happiness in Marriage
This week my husband, Scott, and I celebrated 36 years of marriage. Whoop! Whoop! I can honestly say that I love my husband more than the day I married him and our years together...
Happiness is Catching
Misery loves company, but evidently so does happiness. Of course, you probably already knew that associating with happy people can make you happier as well. But research has shown that there seems to be...
Finding Happiness with Grandchildren
The Welsh have this saying: “Perfect love does not come along until the first grandchild.” Anyone who is a grandparent understands perfectly. When my first granddaughter, Eden Lillee, was born six years ago, I...
Finding Happiness as an Empty Nester
I thought when my youngest son, Christopher, moved out, I wouldn’t be like those OTHER mothers who cry a river and mourn the loss of motherhood. No empty nest syndrome for me! After all,...
5 Ways Boomers Can Develop Meaningful Relationships
“If you have learned to love, then happiness will surely knock on your door,” says the book Engineering Happiness – A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life. The fact is surrounding yourself with...
