Physical and emotional pains are a reality in everyone’s life.
On the outside, my fingernails looked perfect! But underneath two of those perfectly manicured nails was a throbbing pain that only I was noticing. Just hours before, somehow I had accidentally managed to get several fingers caught in the car door when I slammed it shut while grabbing for my seat-belt strap. Ouch!!!
I try to carry on, no matter what happens, so I tried reading to distract myself from the pain. Continue reading
“Knee work bears fruit.” It means that prayer is the starting place that will lead me to the next step I must see in order to find my way.
Who are you listening to? What voices are fueling your thinking?
We all build a structure of living that works for a time, but unforeseen, sometimes sudden upsets bring those structures down like a house of cards. Fear becomes a reaction that is understandable and can be paralyzing. If the downfall included the trauma of emotionally devastating loss or rejection such as divorce, death, catastrophic illness or economic disaster, the sinking feeling can take you down fast. Continue reading
Those nights are over!
It was a joke in my family… one that I never wanted to hear and NEVER had me laughing! “Mom snores loud enough to wake the dead” was the comment. I couldn’t do anything about that problem so I thought I just had to live with it.
I began to notice that I was really dragging by late afternoon and desperately wanted to take a nap. Of course that was rarely possible, but the feeling would not go away. Continue reading
I wonder what heaven is like?
This week I attended a funeral, an occurrence that is more frequent than ever as my years increase. For my friend Gail, the final weeks were very difficult because of illness and it hit me once again that “nobody is getting out of here alive!” I don’t think that anyone looks forward to the process of dying for the simple reason that we are all wired for living and nobody looks forward to any kind of pain and suffering.
It got me thinking…. I wonder what heaven is like? Continue reading
The message is…… Slow down and live Marion. Save some money in the process!
Spring is early this year and everyone is out and about… including me. I guess I am not the role model old lady Sunday driver because “slow” is not my speed. Last Sunday I got a speeding ticket and the fine I have to pay will take a big bite out of my funds. OUCH!!!!!!!
There is a well know program out there for seniors that is advertised as a way to save 15% on your car insurance. Continue reading
Her husband and adult son were the type of men that quickly turn anything they like into a business, so these days they are boarding 24 additional hoarse for weekend riders in the area.
Flexibility and change are NOT the usual character traits I see in my peers. But exceptions are to be found. While caring for tiny babies on Sunday in church, I met a women whose moved to Minnesota from Florida. Who does that? I was intrigued.
Turns out they started in Minnesota and then moved to Florida. They were not golfers so found it hard to connect with new people and a summer there….. well, she referred to it as the two showers a day season. Hot and humid was the norm. Continue reading
My parents would be glad to see that their message of contentment got through to me. Thanks dear ones. I love them more every day and with each fond memory of their wise words.
When I was young and just starting out, I got that first apartment and savored the freedom of finally being on my own. Then the dreaming and striving turned to ward getting a house. It was all so “right” as the family grew and our needs changed over the years.
About the time age 40 came around, if your like me, you almost thought that you and your peers were sort of running the word. That “illusion” was in place for a very short time and before you could blink, it seemed like all the kids were gown and gone. Maybe they moved far away or it may have been you and your spouse that moved far away. Continue reading
I thought... make it a “workshop” so the men at Glendale Place could have there own space to work on projects they enjoyed?
I found a room in our garage that was designed to be a workshop, but it was empty except for a few things that were being stored. Recalling some conversations in the beauty shop with former clients, I remembered the whole discussion about husbands not wanting to leave their homes for apartment living. The thought of giving up their garage space was just too much! Continue reading
Retrieving my phone, I had to take a picture of the sign bearing my own name… Marion
While having lunch with Savage community business leaders I noticed a sign that informed me that we were meeting in “Marion Hall”. Retrieving my phone, I had to take a picture of the sign bearing my own name… Marion. I know it was really about Marion Savage, the owner of the famous hoarse, “Dan Patch” …. but it’s my name too!
Turns out that other places around here are named after Marion Savage, including this town and a fine elementary school just a few blocks away from my home here at Glendale Place.
As a child, I recall the first time I heard of Lake Marion in Lakeville. Continue reading
“Grandpa Jim’s Pure Maple Syrup” call… 651-633-5910 to order.
I talked to a senior who is known as “Grandpa Jim”. He is still working at 72, driving a limo. It didn’t take long to find out that what he really likes to do… make new connections with people allowing him the opportunity to help others in his own unique way.
He has been spending time at a wilderness camp in the summer for years, and they produce Pure Maple Syrup from the trees on the property in order to help fund the needs of the camp. Jim decided that he would sell the syrup to help support the camp. On his SUV it says, “Grandpa Jim’s Pure Maple Syrup” call… 651-633-5910 to order. There is always has a case of the product in various sizes in Jim’s truck. Continue reading