Searching For Your Inner Child

Have you located your inner child recently?  You might ask, “What is my inner child?” Your inner child is about having fun, enjoying life, and relaxing with others that make you laugh.  My daughter and I were talking about this topic.  She’s taking some classes, and that subject was brought up.  What a great question …

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Family does not have to be a Blood Relative

Moving around so much during my childhood (27 different schools in nine states), we spent many holidays and special occasions with only immediate family – dad, mom, my younger sister, and me.  I found it lonely, but it was all I knew. Then, several years ago, I had a wonderful counselor who told me that …

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Recently Off the Grid

I’ve recently been off the grid without posting a blog for over a month.  The real story is that I had replacement surgery on my right hip.  Not an exciting adventure – when your bones are worn-out, arthritis is setting in, creating pain with each new step – you know it is a much-needed one. …

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15 Outdoor Games for Summer Gatherings

Searching the internet for fun for the family for the upcoming celebrations, Father’s Day, and Fourth of July, I found some games that might whet your appetite.  That is something besides food.  Laugh out loud! Croquet Giant Dice Giant Jinga Bocce Ball Limbo Ring Toss Cornhole Giant Chess Game or Checkers Horseshoes Frisbee Tic Tac …

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A Blind Date, Birdwatching and Belonging

When I left college in Texas in December 1979, I followed my parents to Denver, where my Dad’s employer, the USGS, had recently transferred him back to headquarters for the last couple of years before his retirement. It was a new adventure for me.  My family hadn’t lived in Denver since one of Dad’s assignments …

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Life in Limbo

As a child, I was athletic and a fast runner.  Presidential Awards were given in PE to students who could master the list of athletic events, and every year I did so.  I also enjoyed it when we would play the limbo game – where two people would hold a bar or rope, and one …

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