A house, no matter how large or majestic, is really just a shell. It is what you put into it that makes a home. And it is what you take out of it that makes it hard to ever see it again as just a house. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. said, "Where we love is [...]
Tag: family
Pass the Miracle Grow.
It is interesting the things you grow attached to - things that aren't even yours. This is on my mind presently because my daughter Sarah and her longtime partner Dusty sold their adorable little house this past week. In May they will move on to another home and a new chapter of their lives. The [...]
You call it chaos…
I purchased a sign from Kirkland's online that spoke to me. Not the same way as the things speak to shoppers in the Pier 1 ads, but the same in theory. When I see something that resonates with who I am, I buy it. Well, that isn't 100% true. A convertible Mercedes resonates with who [...]
A prescription for some of Sanford’s walk-in clinic doctors…
Moms know their kids. They know when their kids are not feeling well or acting differently. The same with dads - they know when something is just not right. This is the reality of raising children - you as the parent are closest to them. When kids are sick, parents do what they should do [...]
There is no cheer for those who live the reality of the statistics…
On this Christmas Eve I would like to remind all of the readers of The New Forty that every 80 minutes a veteran commits suicide. These are brave men and women who have served our country faithfully and come home only to suffer more - be it with reintegration challenges, PTSD, frustration with seeking assistance [...]
The fast-track to the naughty list…
Our fabulous Santa that became part of our family a couple of years ago has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom (albeit, no ransom note has materialized as of yet). I know the perpetrators well. They are a dastardly duo these kidnappers. They are reminiscent of the kind of kidnappers in old silent movies - those with an [...]
If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.
There is a saying often uttered in the autism community, "If you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." Autism is not a definitional box filled with discrete behavioral, neurological, or physical descriptors - it is a spectrum filled with ranges of color and shading, nuances upon nuances, and palettes that [...]
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