The Men I Knew: A Rear-View Reflection
This is the most painful and raw story I have written to date – across all my blogs, interviews, and essays. Not because it is dramatic, but because it is vulnerable and honest. Some truths, once fully seen, can no longer be avoided…
Read MoreCaring Without Cracking: Keeping Loved Ones Safe at Home
The desire to “age in place” has become more than a preference – it’s now the dominant expectation among older adults and their families. According to a recent McKnights’ article, 53% of family caregivers prefer in-home care over senior living, citing independence, familiarity, and emotional comfort as the..
Read More10 Great Ideas for the Winter Season
Living in areas with four seasons is a blessing. I didn’t realize this until I moved to a one-season climate and I missed the four seasons that I had once complained about – particularly winter. When I moved back to the four-season climate and winter came around, I was getting seasonal depression…
Read MoreIs This Really It? Why Retiring Women Need More Than Financial Planning
For years, women approaching retirement hear the same advice: “Save enough, invest wisely, and you’ll be fine.” And yet, many women who retire financially prepared find themselves asking a different question altogether: Is this really it? That’s because retirement isn’t just a financial milestone…
Read MoreThe Surprising Benefits of Saying No
I had lunch with a dear friend the other day. We live far away from each other but make the effort to meet up a few times a month. I could tell she was stressed about something, and it took some effort before she finally told me why. She felt she had to travel to Europe for her granddaughter’s birthday, even though she clearly didn’t want to go…
Read MoreSonntagsspaziergang – The Practice of Paying Attention
The German Sonntagsspaziergang is a centuries-old practice of walking on Sunday, which remains a protected Ruhetag (day of rest) throughout Germany. On this day, entire populations…
Read MoreEmbrace Your 70s! 3 Ways to Usher in the Next Glorious Decade!
Don’t break out your disco boots, I am talking about your 70s, not the 70s. Whether you believe that 70 is the new 50, or it’s just 70, it can be a celebration with a positive attitude and plans. It’s not about what happens to you…
Read MoreAlong the Arc of Life: What Time Reveals About the Words We Once Wrote
There are moments when old letters or early writings resurface – sometimes by accident, sometimes deliberately. When that happens, what stands out isn’t the words themselves, but the feelings that rise while reading them. Not the feelings we have now, but the ones that once compelled us to write at all…
Read MoreThe Last Unselfish Act of Parenthood: Life Comes Full Circle (Or Maybe It Just Curves)
Life is shaped like a horseshoe. Or maybe a parabola, depending on how you did in high school math. Either way, there’s a point in life when we start looping back to something that looks suspiciously like our college years: living in a small, safe space where someone…
Read MoreWhat to Do in Retirement: 20 Serious (and Fun!) Things to Keep You Busy!
My best friend was forced into an early retirement. While she was within a year of wanting to retire anyway, it came as a bit of a shock when her job position was eliminated, and she was faced with trying to occupy the hours in the day…
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