Category Archives: Memories Shared
My Father’s Moringa Caramels
illustration from UDN.com Showing the love, with the sweets, the memories the son carried now, of his own, father who worked hard, gave everything he had, to the family, translated… The issues of whether or not Moringa Caramels are made … Continue reading
Meeting the Iron Lady in Thailand on a Trip
The connections with someone on a trip that extended to this day, translated… In the summer, many years ago, I’d won a raffle, to Thailand, free of charge, and got acquainted with Liu who was in the same tour group, … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Kindness, Aging Well, Connections, Experiences of Life, Kindness, Losses & Gains, Memories Shared, Overcoming Obstacles in Life, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Recollections, Socialization, the Ins & Outs of the World, the Kindness Cycle, the Process of Life, Values of Life
Tagged Social Support
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Meeting Up with My Old Friends
Thoughts, being rejuvenated, after a get-together with a group of old friends, reconnected, once more, translated… I’d, set up the treat slices for my old dog, Yellow, told him, “Okay now, mommy’s out!”, and he’d not done as he normally … Continue reading
Starting to Read with Your Children When They’re Young
This verifies the VITAL importance, of reading to your own children! Translated… My almost six nephew is really active, the eight adults in my grandmother’s house needed to take turns, playing games with him, and, as the adults became tired … Continue reading
Posted in Beliefs, Child Development, Experiences of Life, Facts, Interactions of Parents & Childlren, Lessons of Life, Memories Shared, Opinions, Parenting Advice, Passing of Wisdoms, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, the Learning Process, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
Tagged Cultivating that Love of Reading in Young Children, the Education of Young Children, the Importance of Reading with Your Children
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Married, a Poem
The loss of a spouse, it’s, never easy, until you finally realize, that s/he is still, with you, wherever you are, translated… From the Funeral, I’d, Returned to the Apartment I’d, Crawled onto the Floors, Cried Aloud Searched for My … Continue reading
Posted in Beliefs, Death in the Family, Deaths, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Memories Shared, On Life & Death, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, the Consequences of Life, The Passages in Life, the Process of Life, Values of Life
Tagged Poetry, the Death of His Beloved Wife, the Memories that Stayed
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My Dutch Grandmother, Come for a Visit at My Home
the photo of the homestay mom’s mother having her birthday celebration, photo from UDN.com… How the elderly in the Netherlands are aging, in their own ways, more gracefully, than most of the elderly in the Asian world, because they were … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Connections, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Issues of the Day, Lessons of Life, Memories Shared, Mental Health, On Life & Death, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Retirement, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
Tagged Attitude on Growing Older, Elderly Who are Aging Gracefully
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Life, the Obstacle Course 