When I was growing up there were several rights of passages every sibling went through. In a family with five children, money was tight. My parents wanted to give us everything but understood from their childhoods that we needed to learn the value of a gift and not take it for granted. Twelve years separated my… Continue reading Learning to Be Self Sufficient
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Older, Wiser, and Bolder
There is a point we reach in our lives when what others think about how we dress, what we say, how we act and what we do, are no longer the priority. It’s more important what we think and know to be true. Listening to different opinions may give us new perspectives but ultimately the final decision and responsibility is ours. Unfortunately this point comes far too late for most of us.