Category: Relationship
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Are you tired of being the neighborhood crank? Do you feel that you are bound by history, and that your inherited personality traits are carved in stone? Interesting questions. For a long time, we were taught, or came to believe, that we had no control over our personality traits. We are who we are. It’s…
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Have you ever read, or written, a letter that was so good that it made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Expressing how you feel in writing, or in real life, is not as easy as one might suppose. You are not alone if you struggle with self-expression. It is human nature to keep…
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There is a reason why advice columnists get bombarded with questions about the intergenerational communication gap. When we grew up letter writing was how we communicated. A letter could reach us in a matter of weeks, even days, from anywhere in the world. It’s no wonder that grandparents today feel neglected when letters and gifts…
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There is a reason why seniors tell you that they don’t want or need anything for Christmas. They are tired of mock expressions of delight over boxes of candy, bath powders, robes, colognes and aftershaves lotions. Seriously, who needs that kind of stuff? This year, if you are a senior; give your loved ones a…
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Education has come a long way, or has it? What do you think about education today? Some states rank so low they are practically off the chart, which is totally unacceptable. I know, someone has to be on the bottom of the heap but, really? Little kids are so smart and so ready to learn;…
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We may be old but that doesn’t mean we don’t care. Learning how to read was probably the most important, rewarding, and exciting thing that we ever did. Think about what a privilege it has been to be able to read whatever we wanted. Hopefully the banning of books will backfire. Maybe, it will spark…
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It’s not easy. Teenagers, young adults, even your children, have “attitude” these days and it has nothing to do honoring their elders. Still, we read every day about how young people struggle with depression. We, as aunts, uncles, and grandparents want to help. Alas, family dynamics have changed. Being an aunt, an uncle, a Grandparent,…
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Only in the movies does the term BFF (best friends forever) seem like a real possibility. Forever is a long time. Friendships have always been an integral part of our lives but they come and go, like ships passing in the night. As you age, you come to realize that you should have taken more…
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Not everyone is a hugger. Some people don’t like to be touched, or they find it really difficult to express their feelings, but by-in-large, humans crave personal contact. The cultural acceptance of the “hug” was under contention even before the pandemic occurred, but you may have noticed that people are saying that they missed “hugging”…
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Multigenerational Living is back! If the pandemic has done nothing else, it has reaffirmed the idea that family is everything; love trumps all else. Seniors can be difficult though, often adverse to embracing new ideas, but down deep we are better than that. It takes a big person to shake off the past and show…