Being the Patient Versus the Visitor in the Emergency Room
“If your heart stops, do you want us to resuscitate you?” Being asked this question at 2:30 AM as nurses got me settled into my newly acquired hospital room was one of...
Rewarding Yourself for Reaching Personal Goals
My granddaughter had difficulty going off to school at the start of kindergarten. To make stepping onto the big yellow bus more palatable, my daughter created a basket of...
Evaluating Yourself – Earning All A’s in Life!
When it comes to my fiber artwork, I never know if the stuff I create is art, craft, or that four letter word that starts with C-R-A. Pretty much, I feel the same way about...
Step by Step to Reinventing Yourself
Thanks for returning to How to Reinvent Yourself, Part 2. In my last blog we successfully created a routine for daily life that included grooming, healthy eating and sleeping...
Reinventing Yourself: A How-To
Most people do not think of it this way, but we are all experts at reinventing ourselves because we have done it countless times in life:
When we graduated from high school
When...
Odd Life Lessons from the Gym
Here is a life lesson I learned at the gym: When you go to a birthday party, be sure to eat the cake. I am certain this is not what you were expecting to hear, but then you...
I Accept What Is
Note from Lorie: Hello friends, today’s blog is actually an excerpt from my new book, Love, Loss, and Moving On. I use it because it discusses an important life lesson –...
Trip to Israel
In December my twelve-year-old granddaughter and I traveled to Israel. We were part of a program called G2. Its goal was to bond the two G’s – grandparents and grandchildren...
Convincing Myself to Be Courageous
This blog is a parking lot. I am parking everything here that I am worried about, and I am worried about a lot, as I prepare to travel to Israel with my twelve-year-old...
What Book to Read Next
I love books and find that reading them provides me with three benefits. Books give me conversational currency – stuff to talk about – with friends. Novels take me away...