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Spring is renewal, rebirth, a reboot. It offers a change in scenery and a lift to life. The idea that we can look forward to seeing flowers bloom in public spaces, at favorite nurseries and in our own yards, watch the bright kelly green grass come up and multi-colored flowers bud, gives us hope that a new season is emerging after the long dark, cold days of winter.  And this picture of rebirth is perhaps a metaphor for what we need to happen in the world right now. Will we emerge from this darkness into brightness and safety this season...

Some of us give too much and take too little whether with family or friends. When we're busy, there isn't time to think about the little things that eat away at us. However, lately, with more time on our hands as we still keep our social distance more than we used to, we've been thinking, seeing and feeling more intensely some of these feelings.  How do we continue to carry so much weight on our shoulders? It can make us sad, disappointed and at times a tad angry.  We came up with the concept of recalibration. Just as we adjust...

"MOM. How could you?" We hear it all the time from our kids when they are upset with some Mom-ism we've said or something we've done. We might answer with this Mom-ism, "I do not need you telling me what to do!" But we try not to get defensive and reply that way.  It may be because we heard our aging mothers say this to us when we told them they needed to eat better, see a doctor, stop driving, consider downsizing to one-story homes or stop critiquing us.  It got us thinking about all the clichés and verbal lessons...

  Oh, the things we do to save money. We both cling to our hard-earned cash and might even be considered thrifty or tightwads. Often, we will do some offbeat things to cut costs. Barbara refuses to pay for valet parking and would rather park miles away than pay a big sum. Rather than buy a book unless she knows it’s one she wants to reread, she will often check them out from her library. When she eats out, she’ll rarely order one of the more expensive entrees and prefers two appetizers. Margaret, who reads eBooks on her iPad, can...

Resilience. We all have it in different degrees. Just think about the past two years. We all lived through a pandemic and adjusted to wearing masks, practicing social distancing, wiping off newspapers and groceries and mastering Zoom gatherings in lieu of in-person meet-ups. Pat yourselves on the back for being resilient. However, we're still going to need heavy doses of resilience as we enter year #3 of the pandemic. Who knows what lies ahead. At the same time, we face rising inflation with unprecedented prices at the pump and the realities of a war in Ukraine that could escalate with...