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“If only I knew then what I know now.” It’s hard not to learn a few things in living a seven decades plus life. In my case, and in many others, it is a matter of trial and error – with lots of errors. So it is in looking back and thinking about the present that I have learned a few rules on how to nurture and sustain a marriage (or relationship). What I learned to make the...

More than 25 years ago someone told me I should never burn the bridges I’ve crossed in life because I never know when I may have to make a U-turn and cross back over that same bridge.I never gave that statement much thought back then but the older I got, I began to realize how true that statement really is. You never know whose path you may cross in life that can help you along the way. You...

Ever since I was a little kid, I could spot a hair on my plate. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see it if it was halfway buried under the food. They were usually from cats or dogs, since we always had some sort of menagerie running around the house. In the early 80s, when I owned a restaurant in New Jersey, there were a couple of provision houses where I bought food...

by: Bill A.Gaspard, Life Recovery Coach~After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. John 21:15 This was the third time that Jesus had appeared to the disciples since Jesus was raised from the dead. They had some fish, hung out with the...

It was artist Andy Warhol who said "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." That was before reality TV. Now it seems like we'll all have our own show. What else can explain 20-year-old Brooke Hogan? Brooke is the no-talent, no-brains, offspring of Hulk and Linda Hogan. Stick with me a moment before judging me too harsh. Hulk, of course, is the famous professional...

I’d like to say I’m sorry. I know that it’s been 57 years and that we’re both grown-up...

On this week's Growing Bolder Radio Show, Marc and Bill interviewed the great-great-granddaughter of etiquette queen Emily Post. Anna Post is pretty hip and has a great new book about wedding etiquette. She's about 18 months too late for my own nuptials (although I am thinking of anonymously sending it to my cousin who wore white to my wedding, but I digress), but it's still packed with lots of...

9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee! By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The first stay, in May of 2009, the nurses managed to infect me with Staphylococcus aureus. The nurses at the hospital did not follow established...