Taking the Train Across Canada
The hubby and I recently marked our 50th wedding anniversary and celebrated with a trip on the VIA Rail train that goes from Toronto to Vancouver – a trip of five nights and four days. Would we do it again? I would in a heartbeat, my husband maybe not. The trip was […]
Encouraging Self-Confidence
When my husband was a boy, he often heard the words “be careful”. I’m afraid I was the same way with my boys. But my daughter encourages my grandson to try new things and doesn’t hinder him with her fearful thoughts. As a result, he is very outgoing and comfortable in new situations – many […]
Family Visits
One of the things we long for as grandparents are the visits from family, especially those cute little grandkids. While it’s an exciting, satisfying time, it can also be exhausting. In my case, we have a house large enough to have everyone over for dinner. But 15 people, including loud preschoolers and babies, makes for […]
Are You Ready to Stretch?
Stretch Into All You Are Capable Of Most of us follow the crowd when it comes to using our skills and talents. But my son Matthew, pictured above, likes to push the limits of what he can achieve. Where most people would be content to drive a four-wheeler, he wants to coax it to […]
Computer Lessons Learned
These are the computer lessons I’ve learned and continue to apply: 1. Keep a computer journal – every time you have a problem, write it and the solution down. When the same problem comes up again (which it often does), you know what to do. With a memory like mine, this has saved me a […]
AI and Healthy Living
I had my three month diabetic visit and the session was filled with tech conversations. My doctor walked in with a laptop and said with my permission she’d like her new AI assistant to be taking notes on our visit. At the end of our time together, she showed me the summary notes that the […]
Winter Reading
For the past three weeks, life has been busy caring for teen grandgirls while our daughter and her husband are in Portugal. We thoroughly enjoyed spending time with the girls and other than missing our own bed, would gladly do it again. Now their parents have had to trade in their t-shirts and jeans for […]
No Excuses
I love to read about successful people and try to learn how they succeeded. Knowing other people were able to overcome obstacles motivates me to do the same. Here are some tips for success that I recently came across: 1. No excuses. Many famous actors, music artists, inventors, etc., had special challenges ranging from learning […]