Is it time to set a new goal? C. S. Lewis said, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” I can’t face January without considering my goals for the coming year. Am I the only one who spends the first or last
Author: debric5
Growing older means rolling slowly out of a parked car, joints that sound like packing bubbles when you bend and stretch, and forgetting why you’re standing in the middle of the bathroom holding a yardstick. But not everything about passing the summer season of life is unpleasant. Sometimes there are
As our parents grow older, they may need help with daily living tasks like making meals, running errands and shopping, cleaning and laundry, and getting to appointments. The challenge of taking the right meds every day can be a struggle even for those in mid-life. I used to think housing
I’m making a joyful noise – Why is no one glad? Christmas may be over at your house, but it’s still playing in the background at mine. The Christmas music comes out on November 1 and may not go back into hibernation until the end of January. There are simply
2024 Christmas Tree Poem Time moves on, Like the rushing traffic Flying by at breakneck speeds, Needing to be somewhere five minutes ago. Not so for me. I’m slowing down, wanting rest, The end of a season. We’ve both grown smaller over the years. Gravity pulls me down. Low in
“Despite all that has been lost to the savageness of time, there are plenty of reasons to be grateful for the day at hand.” Sometimes, I get homesick for the good old days. You remember those. Back when we rode around the countryside on the back of an open-bed pick-up
Watching TV Shows – not in my house Thanks to modern technology, I can now watch all the old TV shows from the 60s and 70s I missed as a child. When I was in kindergarten, all my friends at school were watching TV. There was no television in our
In the fall of 1969, eight-year-old Dawn Howard stared at the display of dolls in a Montoursville department store. She and her siblings were not encouraged to ask for things as children. But the black button eyes, red triangle nose, and thin black smile wouldn’t let go. Dawn asked
Facing the Challenges of Crossing the stream was a grim reminder that my physical abilities were fading. Outtakes: Sometimes, when writing a book, there are scenes we want to keep in, but they have nothing to do with the actual plot. Publishers call these scenes our darlings and say, “You
The story of an antique, vintage, and nearly classic 1928 Model A Ford I’m glad I’m not a c ar. If I had wheels, I wo uld have been considered an antique as early as 1982 at the age of 20, according to some sources. If I were a vehicle,