My driveway is covered in leaves and the air is getting cooler. Have you ever noticed how blue the sky is in October? Fall is such a lovely season in so many ways and one of my favorite things about fall is that it’s time for soup! I love homemade soup....
Could there be four more dreaded words in the English Language? At least, in my house, there is not! These four little words are how many of my days start. I often don’t know at 6:00 a.m. what I will want to eat twelve hours later. It’s a funny thing, my...
I was listening to the news today and I heard a report from Unilever. They are a large company that sells everything from food to personal care products. Their brands include household names like Knorr, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and Hellman’s Mayo. They also...
This year has been quite the year. Adults have struggled with all the adult things that a pandemic could offer. However, today, I want to talk about our teens and young adults. Teens and young adults have a unique place in their families. They have...
I try to not talk about politics in my blogs but this week, it is hard to ignore what is happening in our country and not comment. It is impossible to not feel many emotions about the injustice that happened to George Floyd. It is also impossible to ignore the...
We’ve all heard the terms used to describe how we are experiencing the pandemic and sheltering in place. People talk about “being in this together” “challenging times”, “roller coaster rides”, etc. You’ve heard the terms; you’ve probably used them...
“In the old days” Happy Hour meant meeting some friends for drinks, typically on a Friday night but sometimes during the week. Restaurants and bars would often offer discounts to lure people in before the rush of dinner and hope that early revelers would stick...
It seems there is only one thing on everybody’s mind: COVID 19. In all the conversations I’ve had with friends, families, and neighbors, everyone is having difficulty describing the experience that they are having. I’ve heard it described as “challenging, trying,...
We are now into week three of social distancing. Some days are better than others. Most of us are feeling the sadness and loneliness, at least from time to time, of limited human contact. We are social beings, after all. Imagine being an elderly person in a...
Last week, the government suggested that we implement Social Distancing for 15 days. In an effort to stave off boredom, loneliness, and feeling a bit out of control, we reached out more in group texts, we spent a little more time cleaning, cooking, or just...
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