Another view of Carpe Diem

Glennon Doyle Melton’s point of view. Realistic and truthful. Put work, love, passion in place of parenting and it works out the same. I agree with what she says; know that I drive some people to distraction with my use of the motto, but it is my best reminder that we have only today. Note: This is a

Question of the Day

Trying to Find Me How long will the search go on? The one to discover me. The one that started after birth and keeps showing up each morning. Surely seventy plus years is enough time to devote to this scramble of facts and figures that recalculate each time I think I am finally on the

It Was A Very Good Year

Between my 70th and 71st birthdays: – Surprise birthday party orchestrated by my daughter. Amazing because although she had invited people several months before and I saw some of these friends on a weekly basis, no one spilled the beans. Total surprise and such fun–people from out-of-town and out-of-state. Three generations of some. – My

Happy Birthday, America

Happy Birthday, America. A lot has happened this year, as always, some good and some bad. Most of us survived or died a natural death. Many of us left mourn losses which make no sense. One distinction of aging is feeling others’ pain better than when I was young. I think more now about lives unfulfilled,