Fear does not need to control your life. Yesterday, I posted this meme on the Aging Abundantly Facebook page with a brief message. I must admit I hesitated to post it. like all memes, it’s limited. But, I needed it as a reminder and thought others might as well. Still,…
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If you have been feeling a bit rundown and out of sorts lately, it can be difficult to know how to pick yourself up. It is often nothing that we can pinpoint, we just need a lift, something fresh. Today, we’d like to share a few ideas with you on…
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I haven’t always enjoyed deck gardening. It took ten years for me to adjust to gardening in the south, and I still forget how fast things grow! The New York gardening season, where I discovered my love of this pastime, was far shorter. You didn’t dare trim anything more than…
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Several years ago I launched a series of blogs called Manifest Me. It was an attempt to turn my attention back to my healing journey and away from my incessant desire to help others. It’s a dichotomous journey this. We long to share what we learn from our own trials…
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(I wrote this piece two years ago after the election. I’ve slightly modified it to bring it up to date, but the message remains very much the same today.) My first vote in an election was cast in the McGovern vs. Nixon race in 1972. Focused on my own young…
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Wedding of number two son has come and gone. Like all other big events in my children’s lives, there is a first and a last. Ups and downs. Joys and sorrows. Just like giving birth to them, I never much thought about any of it in advance. Sometimes I wonder…
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