When I’m eighty-five I want to look back at the way I was when I was sixty-five and think, hey I wasn’t bad, I did my best. I didn’t give up.’
Month: April 2023
Piecing Life Together After Loss
I’m a grief counselor. I work in hospice care, reaching out to the loved ones after the patient dies. I call them a couple of weeks after the death and ask them how they’re doing. Then I listen. Like many of us, one woman had just lost her elderly mother. “I’m better than I was,”…
What Will We Leave Behind and How Shall We Be Remembered?
We may leave our things but the real essence of ourselves is contained in our memories, and the memories of others. As you think about what to write, consider taking a class to guide you. I am only on lesson three but was eager to share what I’ve done, in hopes it can inspire others to write.
Get Ready for a Trip with Your Girlfriends
While being thought provoking for your own life, the Wildwater Walking Club books are an easy and entertaining read. I tend to read in bed, next to my husband—with my Kindle in dark mode. Many times, I had to stifle my chuckle to keep from waking him up. You will love the friendship and camaraderie between the women as well as their travels—you will feel like you are on the trip with them. The health coaching and life lessons are an added bonus.
Life Pivots Require Courage and a Willingness to Change
Life pivots produce personal growth and spur forward motion. When hardship, grief, difficult decisions, and other life events require a significant pivot, faith is the guiding light in the darkness.
Including Gold & Silver In Your Retirement Portfolio
Our money has no intrinsic value. It used to represent gold or silver, but now it just has value because we have all agreed to trade goods for it. Gold and Silver are both an investment and asset protection.
The Forgiveness Process
Forgiving someone is always a choice, though not necessarily an easy one. Forgiving a person is always an intentional act. We either choose to forgive, or we choose not to forgive. It’s honestly that straight forward. And once we make the choice to be intentional about our choice to forgive, we begin the process.
Coins of the Bible – Holding History in your Hand
Having just returned from a tour of the Holy Land, (more on this later) I literally saw Biblical history come to life. We saw a reclaimed first century fishing boat from the Sea of Galilee, stood at the headwaters of the Jordan River where Jesus asked, “Who do you say I am?” and walked the…