Five Minute Friday: Stretch

this week’s challenge from the Gypsy Mama is: Stretch We use this word so frequently; it’s peppered into our conversations, slipped in really, under the door and has permeated everything. We stretch our muscles, we stretch our brains, we stretch out a recipe, we make the checkbook stretch (we have been known to see it … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Connect

It’s 5-minute Frday again and today’s subject: Connect. How do I connect the dots of my life to make sense of it and come out with a reasonable picture? And what would the picture be? A cloud, a  river, a mountain, a forest, an ocean, a flower, a veg? Me? Whatever the picture, at this … Read more

What to do with Children who aren’t Children Anymore?

The recent post on Kate Megill’s blog: Building Friendships with Adult Children brought up some very good points:  http://teachingwhatisgood.com/friendships-adult-children/   Made me think hard. That’s good!  Here’s my 2-cents worth:   We never stop being parents.   Ok, that’s out of the way. True confession time: I am the parent of adult children. Three beautiful, wonderful, … Read more