Beautiful - your aunt managed well as a single mother (shame on the baby-daddy who abandoned her and his son for some other woman, but probably best for your aunt that she was spared a marriage to a guy

Facebook shared this one, tried to tag my mom - she grew up on a river. At 18, she married onto a farm, and never again got to live with a river in sight or hearing. Now in her 80s. She would love you,

Sunday dinners with the grandparents. Getting there in big heavy-metal cars with no seat belts. No VCR, no color TV, no CDs, just 45 rpm records that got scratched, oops, pray your sister doesn't find

What a great message! Do not abandon the elderly - listen to them, love them - even those outside our family. What a treasure they are. Yet the young seem to think life is for the young. God bless those

Life at a slower pace: oh, this speaks to me! Busy, busy, cram cram cram, No time for driving the kids to the grandparents - One day the grandparents have all died off. But the kids racked up medals and

Love it! The biggest reason I keep coming back to #silverbloggers is... I am in my comfort zone. I enjoy the company, it's just that simple. I feel welcomed with open arms. And now, for Public Service

YES: "so busy innovating and adding new features that they largely overlook getting the existing features to work appropriately and consistently." "New and Improved" - I'll take "works

Ohhhh no, sorry, I didn't to remind you of awful things! Those who do the harshest judging seem most eager to show up and display condolences. Hypocrisy... I'm glad you had your sisters and a loyal few

This may be the wrong place to ask... but did you ever plan and host a memorial?

You're great at #community building, Joan! My condolences (I didn't know!) to @fionasfavourite ("Tom passed away early June 2023") and Lizelle ("Arthur would pass in July a month later.")

Wow, that stings! Do the new hires have masters degrees now? My author friend, age 60+, says all the editing jobs go to 20- and 30-somethings. And not because they work for lower wages. They get paid MORE

Millions of us pay $$ for video games, phones, movies, tech - but ask someone to pay for a song on Spotify or bandcamp, and they slink away. Ask them to tip a blogger. Or subscribe to a news source.

Your family probably is far less crazy than you think. Doesn't everyone think their family is crazy? Aren't we all crazy? If you were born and raised in Florida, you may have a bit more "claim to

A bible in one hand and a shotgun in the other That's the line that caught my eye, too. And of course the Pentecostals, slain by the Spirit, speaking in tongues... And the whole story: Dad gets custody

Ohhhhh to witness that tragedy. Historic. Cannot unsee....

Thanks for asking. I'm mostly ok. :) We had someone at Steemit/Hive with Lyme in her user name. Can't find it now... I had sent you a book on how difficult it is to diagnose Lyme, wondering, at the time,

Two months - it took me that long to find this post!! (Where has my mind gone??) Great prompt - sorry I missed it! But like you, I don’t like to think about my father very much. That's all the farther

This book is one @owasco would love. (Have I sent you links already?) Both of you are already doing the things that heal us. The Connection Cure The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service,

Wow! I had no idea they grew so fast, so tall, so thick, they screen out the neighbors. What is the Midwest equivalent... How enterprising of you to grow and sell these! And you mention weighing only 96

What a concept! (Caulking gun). Wharton's jelly - inject! inject! inject! Quack doctors book hotel conference rooms for free seminars aimed at senior citizens, pitching their injections of stem cells into