This week I finished an audiobook I had checked out on Libby (a free online resource available at the public library). The book was entitled "What Happened to You?" by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PHD and Oprah Winfrey. It’s about how our brains react to trauma, self-regulate,...

A few weeks ago, I woke one morning with so much joint pain and weakness it scared me. Researching online I had all the symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis. I felt hopeless as I read the prognosis. Now, just three weeks later, I have very little pain, and though tired...

One of the greatest gifts of retirement is not having to spend hours concerned with the expectations of those in the workplace. Replaced is the need to finish the work within, really listen to those I love, and live every day as if it is my last. Creating memories is...

There comes a time in life when you quit fixating on the mistakes you have made and start remembering the good times. So many years I have grieved over decisions that took my life and the lives of those closest to me in a direction that hurt us. Good intentions never...

The word sounds fun and exciting.  Actually, it is the sounding of an alarm that your life is drastically changing.  It’s a time when for many, such as myself, it becomes too difficult to work as we have in the past.  It’s a time when age is recognized by society and...