Perseverance is My Word for 2021!
Focus flopped in 2020 My word for 2020 was FOCUS and with the odd way we’ve all been living, that went out the window. I have struggled to find a…
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January 14, 2021
Personal Motivation When Life Happens
Last year I was on my way back to being physically fit after getting a knee replacement in January. I was injured in a car accident in September and was…
August 26, 2020
Why ‘Bad’ Things Happen to ‘Good’ People
Bad Things Can Bring Good Things The words bad and good are in quotes because many things in my life that seemed bad at the time, brought me good things…
May 27, 2020
The Gift of Forgiveness
Forgiveness has some negative connotations and I don’t want to reinforce those. Instead, I want to talk about giving the gift of forgiveness. What is Forgiveness? What exactly is forgiveness? …
April 21, 2020
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Pets Are People Too
When I was raising my four sons, someone always wanted a pet. I did not. I always liked animals but after having children, I didn’t want anything else to take…
April 4, 2020
What To Do During Quarantine…
I stared at this title for quite some time because I wasn’t sure I even wanted to do this. However, this is the elephant in the room for most of…
March 30, 2020
Focus is My Word for 2020
I decided it was time to regroup and look at my retirement as a “career” but instead of working for someone else, I am working for me. This led me to look at what exactly do I want to accomplish.
March 19, 2020
Researching Relocation in Retirement
For some of us, there is no ONE place where all our family lives so the question becomes WHERE do I want to live in retirement. My husband and I…
February 14, 2020
Money vs. Time
For the past 10 years, I have been saying that I value time far more than money. After losing my job in November I can honestly say that this is…
January 31, 2020
Sugar-free Reset for Health
Last year I took the month of May to wean myself off sugar to jump-start healthier eating. I have a major sweet tooth and decided I wanted to lose the…
January 16, 2020