• Aging Gracefully,  SURVIVAL & HEALING,  Uncategorized

    I LOVE SUMMER

    I love summer! This phrase comes from my lips at least once a week. There are people in my life who have heard it so much that they just ignore me now.  That’s okay.  I will continue to say it.  It doesn’t matter how hot it is, or how humid, I still love it.  Summer is the best part of the year.  I guess that’s why I enjoy Florida so much.  Ahhhhh….. the smells and feel of a hot, humid Florida night!!!   But that’s another story for another time. From as far back as I can remember, summertime was the best!  My memory holds visions of pop up thunderstorms that…

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    Horses and Chickens

    Sometimes life gets the best of us and stress takes over. I truly believe that laughter is good medicine.  If I find myself being bogged down with life I try to step back and notice life around me.  There just might be that brief moment where something funny can help get me back on track.  Here is a journal entry from years ago.    Friday, September 15, 2006 Just at the moment when I need something in my life to make me laugh…. I was having dinner with some friends last night on their farm in Prospect.  It’s a very beautiful part of town with a lot of land.  The whole…