Growing Bolder Community

Carol from my high school maintains a school newsletter for those of us who have graduated, be it last year or decades ago. A while back I received a newsletter that came with somewhat of a jolt. There was a brief period when I didn't receive the newsletter but never realized it was missing. Although it never appeared in my mailbox for a while, so many other things were going on that I didn't...

I thought it was all over for me. I had years of personal therapy, the years of training to become a therapist, and the thirty years of being a therapist had surely healed me. But as my patient sat hunched over sobbing and saying the word "powder" I knew the whispers lingered for me as well. This beautiful, accomplished woman poignantly asked: "how can it still hurt after all this time?" For...

Luvbutterfly is one of GrowingBolder.com's newest members, and has a story of second chances that can inspire us all! Check out this blog to see why decades and distance couldn't keep two hearts apart forever.

I was asked to write about my early years involving Baseball on Catalina Island and after. All I can say is, it was a great life for any one that grew up there. Once a year, during spring training, the Chicago Cubs would come to the Island for spring training. There is no resemblance to the ball players then and the ones today. They were always approachable to us kids and our families. We...

If you wondering about the owl and my blog here: They represent my own web site/blog, www.latenightmusings.com. What you read here are various entries (or musings if you will) from it. I started writing them something over two years ago and have penned (keyboarded would be more exact) over 450 musings. They represent my observations and reflections on life. As you might have guessed I am a...