Tales from a Mid-Lifer

  • Teens Aren’t the Only Addicts…So are a Few Seniors

    A couple of months ago, I saw the image below and I thought it was quite true. In recent days, I’ve been pondering just which “generation” the image is talking about. Sure, teens are featured here and we usually refer to them and young adults when talking about excessive phone…

  • Happy Friday

    4 thanks on a Friday morning… 1. Clear, blue sky for two days in a row. Sun and no snow for 48 whole hours! 2. Cold but refreshing walk at the park yesterday. The rubber of my sneakers actually met the road…the snow melted! (Well, melted on the concrete anyway…grass…

  • Wednesday Waiting…

    “Waiting for the ice to crack!” Too bad I didn’t have my good camera on a recent walk, but these geese made me laugh as they were waiting for the ice to thaw. Captured these on my phone, but not too close so the quality isn’t too sharp (geese are…

  • Monday Gratitude

    “’Thank you‘ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” Alice Walker Photo: quotesgram.com

  • (Wordless) Wednesday

    Still frozen, but at least we can see green!

  • Gratitude

    “I am so thankful for God’s mercy, grace, and patience for all the times I fell into sin. I am so grateful that He never stopped chasing me no matter how far I fell.” Teresa Schultz

  • The Coming and Going During the College Years

    Nearly three months ago, I walked through the brisk November air into the sliding glass doors of the airport, traveled up the escalator and stood outside security, waiting for my youngest to get off the plane. It was two days before Thanksgiving and my hands had not been on my…

  • Wordless Wednesday – Ocean Sunset

     

  • Gratitude

    “Being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But it’s when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you: perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest, most powerful way…

  • Happy March!☘️

    I heard birds chirping this morning. For many readers out there, you’re wondering why this deserves attention. In my part of the frigid northeast, we haven’t regularly heard birds at dawn in a couple of months. It was a joy to hear the tweets, reminding me that Spring really will…

  • Wordless Wednesday – Blue Sky, White Birch

  • Monday Gratitude

    “A great life evolves with gratitude.” Lailah Gifty Akita