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The greatest gift you can give yourself is a life well lived.
The greatest gift you can give your loved ones is a death well planned for.



The Obituary ...
Originally Published July 30, 2020 The Newspaper Obituary We used to read them in the newspaper. The Obituaries. Always a week or two,...
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Start Close in ...
Originally Published May 15, 2020 Start Right Now, Take One Small Step I love these words from David Whyte. They align so much with my...
Apr 17, 20252 min read
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Less Proving. More Living.
Originally Published April 2020 Less Proving. More Living. #TRUTHBOMB Danielle LaPorte Less Proving. More Living . What does this mean...
Apr 17, 20254 min read
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These times ... a box of Kleenex
Originally Published March 24, 2020 Paul and a box of Kleenex These times. COVID-19, social distancing, self-isolation, stay home, only...
Apr 17, 20254 min read
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Walking Each Other Home ...
Originally Published March 16, 2020 Just Walking Each Other Home "We are all just walking each other home." - Rumi Dass As you read this...
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Who Was He When We Weren't Looking?
Originally Published February 25, 2020 Ernest Gordon Turner September 28, 1956 - February 25, 1979 February 25, 1979 - the day my brother...
Apr 17, 20254 min read
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Runaway Lane ...
Originally Published on February 3, 2020 Highway Runaway Lane In these past weeks, Paul and I have traveled the highways of British...
Apr 8, 20254 min read
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Holding On...
Originally Published January 6, 2020 Today we're holding on. Debilitating disease teaches you how to let go, little by little, as the...
Apr 7, 20253 min read
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We are Enough ...
Originally published December 29, 2019 New Year, New Decade, New Beginning ... Happy New Year! We are about to pop the champagne, blow...
Apr 7, 20252 min read
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Home for the holidays ...
Originally published December 23, 2019 Home: definition - NOUN - The place where one lives. The holidays are here. Many of us will be...
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Code Blue...
Originally Published December 15, 2019 What's Your Code Blue? def: a medical emergency in which a team of medical personnel work to...
Apr 6, 20253 min read
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Firsts ... and Lasts ...
Originally published November 27, 2019 FIRSTS. Our lives are full of FIRSTS. We get excited about the FIRSTS. We plan for then. We...
Apr 6, 20253 min read
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Keeping it Real...
Originally published October 30, 2019 Keeping it real, online and off. Being authentic, posting authentic content on social ... all...
Apr 6, 20254 min read
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So, you're going on a trip? What's your trip plan?
Originally published October 23, 2019 So you're going on a trip! How exciting! You've been planning for months and have thought about...
Apr 4, 20253 min read
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Letting Go ...
Originally published October 13, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving ... a lesson in letting go ... In Canada, this is Thanksgiving Weekend....
Apr 4, 20253 min read
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What Matters Most?
Originally published October 2, 2019 Footprints on your heart ... What matters most? Well, this depends, doesn't it? If we talk about...
Apr 4, 20255 min read
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Fear - A Roadblock?
Originally published September 26, 2019 FEAR ... Sitting in the Dentist Chair Fear: noun; an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that...
Apr 4, 20255 min read
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Fifty-Seven ... a great year
Originally published September 23, 2019 Me, Karen, age 57 Fifty Seven. I've been 57 years of age for 2 days now. (Notice I didn't say...
Apr 4, 20255 min read
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What time is it?
Originally published June 2, 2023 When the passage of time makes no sense. Time is a measure we use to navigate our days - and our nights....
Apr 3, 20252 min read
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Navigating Heartbreak: The Loss in Dementia
Originally Published, November 18, 2023 Betty, my mom, looking out the window with no idea where we are going, or why it's taking so...
Apr 3, 20253 min read
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