Book Review: If My Moon Was Your Sun (A Children’s Book About Dementia)
If My Moon Was Your Sun, written by Andreas Steinhofel, illustrations by Nele Palmtag, translation by Matthew O. Anderson and CD music by Georges Bizet and Sergei Prokofiev, by Plough Publishing, 2017, 75 pages. How do you explain dementia to a child? How can you...
Book Review: When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?
When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? Indignities, Compromises, and the Unexpected Grace of Midlife written by Jennifer Grant and published by Herald Press in 2017. Perhaps because I’m facing my 60th birthday, the opportunity to review this book drew an immediate...
Are You “Alive and Ready?”
While at a doctor appointment yesterday, I was placed in a waiting room for about fifteen minutes while my eyes dilated for some testing. As I usually do, I looked around the room, quietly observing the other people waiting. Sitting directly across from me was an...Aging Well with ACV
Did Monday’s #AgingWell post leave you wondering about ACV? As promised, below is the latest change I’ve made toward living a healthier life by my sixtieth birthday later this year. I start every day with the ACV Detox Tea. What is ACV? Apple cider...
Goals: Aging Well and Living Healthy (update)
On March 1, I shared that my husband and I were making a significant change to our eating habits, refraining from foods with added sugar. Six weeks later, I’m down nine pounds and, surprisingly, don’t miss the sugary foods…too much! The first...About Me
I always try to see the upside of life, filtering everything through my positive attitude. Whether dealing with everyday life or elevating emerging leaders, we can learn from the past, must live fully in the present and be ready for an exciting future. Join me on the journey.
