Give Her Something to Smile About   Come up with creative ways to do something different for your baby boomer diva everyday.  Let her know you’re thinking about her throughout the day with an email or a phone call (leave a message if...

   In May of 2006, the almost-final PDF version of the book arrived from Sentient and we began going through it, page by page, making revisions and finding errors.  I was surprised at how some of the rules of grammar had changed from...

Cell Phones. How did we ever live without them? Isn’t it amazing how quickly they’ve become part of our lives?  It just doesn’t feel right to leave the house without one. Like a wristwatch, we instinctively reach for it as part...

You’ve heard of paying it forward? It’s the concept that if someone does something nice for you, you do something nice for someone else. Then that person will do something nice for another person, and so on, and so on. Instead of paying the...

Over the course of any marriage, your spouse does or says things that make you think “How could he do this to me?” or “If he really loved me, he wouldn’t have said that” or “This is so hurtful, I can’t...

For the first time in 109 years, 9 months and 5 days, Ruth 1898 is not on this earth. The oldest blogger in the world quietly slipped away. Her mind was crisp and clear to the very end. It’s not often you can say a 109 year old left this earth too...

I saw a 109-year-old woman brought back to life. It was stunning. Humbling. I’m still trying to process it all. I’ll tell you about it in a moment. But first, a little background. Ruth1898 is not only the oldest member of our growing bolder...