Category: Lifestyle
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The New You Part 1: 10 Steps to Reinvent Yourself and Thrive in Retirement
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Retirement is a big life change, one that brings freedom, but also uncertainty. After many years of structure, it can feel strange to step into a life where your time is truly your own. It’s normal to feel a mix of excitement and unease. The key to thriving in this…
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Part 2 – A Caregiver’s Guide with Resources: What to do when someone is seriously ill
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Here is part 2 – a caregiver’s resource guide: what to do when someone is seriously ill. Hopefully this second part will help you take care of yourself a bit while taking care of someone else. 1. Make Legal and Medical plans early It’s hard but critical, to talk about:…
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A Caregiver’s Guide With Resources: Part 1 -What to do when someone you love is seriously ill
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Following my last post, “Holding on While Letting Go”, I wanted to offer something more practical, because once the initial shock of a diagnosis begins to settle the question becomes “What now? This post is for those of us who are in the caregiver roles at any capacity. To be…
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4 Life Lessons I Wish I Knew Sooner
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Embarking on a new chapter in my late 60’s as a newly-single woman has brought with it an altogether quiet kind of clarity. With more time to reflect and fewer distractions pulling me in every direction, I find myself looking back on the journey that brought me here, not with regret…
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The Friends We Collect Along the Way
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Life has a funny way of giving us little gifts wrapped in unexpected packages and of the most enduring of these is friendship. The kind of friendship that stretches across decades, survives life changes, and sticks with you, and the friends we collect along the way. Over the years, I…
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Exploring Ireland Together: The Ultimate Mother-Daughter Road Trip Guide
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The next day we found ourselves at the airport, eagerly waiting for our rental car. Two days into our Irish adventure driving on the opposite side of the road for ourselves was starting to feel almost normal! (Almost) It’s one thing to be a wide-eyed passenger princess marveling at the…
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How Travel Connects Us
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Lately, I’ve been writing more about life and its reflections, the kind that sneak up on you when you least expect them. But today, I’m switching gears and taking a little walk down the aisle of travel and how travel connects us. A Long Overdue Visit I recently took a…
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What No One Taught Me In School
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Retirement is commonly referred to as the golden age, but I truly believe it is a new kind of commencement. Life along the way continues to teach us lessons and retirement is no exception. Life is filled with pop quizzes. I feel that I am enrolled in the University of…
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Evolving Relationships with Adult Children
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just got back from a beautiful trip with my daughter. Now I’m getting ready to visit my son, who lives on the opposite side of the country. These back to back visits have stirred something in me, reminding me just how much the relationships with my adult children mean to…
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French Visa Dilemma
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Time has flown by here in France, and I am quickly approaching my three month mark. Technically, I am at two and half months. With that milestone in sight I wanted to start the process of applying for a Carte Vitale to register for the French Health Insurance. Individuals with…