Growing Bolder Community

Like so many others, I have family pictures that go back many years. Some are of my family before I was born. Whereas the prints are stored away in a box someplace around here, I did manage to scan them so that they are readily available for viewing on my computer whenever I want to reminisce for a while. The other day a cousin who was cleaning out her attic found several old pictures, a few...

While the following is my personal musing, I suspect it could have been written by many who have lost their parents. I quietly and privately cried today. They were neither tears of physical pain nor tears of joy. Rather they were tears of sorrow, tears of loss and for what will never be again. The tears came as I reread my musing about my Mom and also recalled my musing about my Dad. They...

A while back a picture of a rapper, Bow Wow, flashed across the screen and included a quote that said something like - "I may be young but I feel more like 50". You often hear parents speaking of a young child as "7 going on 37". With all due respect to Bow Wow and those parents - I DON'T THINK SO!!! What they are saying is that think they have more mature interests, are involved adult...