The value of reconnecting in our ‘last quarter’
When I suggested to everyone at our "mini-reunion" that, at this age, reconnecting with our respective pasts felt important, everyone nodded in eager agreement.
When I suggested to everyone at our "mini-reunion" that, at this age, reconnecting with our respective pasts felt important, everyone nodded in eager agreement.
Here’s my list of 10 little things that fight through the fog and give me joy.
I sent off the first written letter the other day, and it was interesting how I couldn’t get my mind wrapped around the non-immediacy of it, relative to sending an e-mail.
For some, life in the “last quarter’ is a series of endless adventures – “full steam ahead” – whether it be travelling to all points on the compass, learning a new language, or even starting a new business. For others, it may be something simpler...
Some say that good conversation has gone by the wayside in the digital age. I’m not sure that there was that much good conversation happening in the first place.
Don’t judge, they say, before walking 1.6 kilometres (or so) in another’s shoes.
As even a cursory Google search will show, raising your offspring in a child-centred home isn’t a good idea, neither for the children nor the parents.
Divorce doesn't have to be ugly. Not only did my ex and I move on, but neither of us ever weaponized our daughter.
Depending on where I lived, these two boxes of letters sat on my bookcase, in a drawer, or maybe in a basement cubbyhole.