Do you wish you would win the WORLD CUP or simply be in the game of relationships?Even when you are in the partnering you wonder, is this as good as it gets? During the World Cup events, did you take sides or enjoy the games? I think when you watch the games you begin to
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Baby boomers, empty nesters, new parents, grandparents, newlyweds, adult children, teens, divorced families, well you can add to this list, all wonder , WHY CAN”T WE GET ALONG? You are not going to be able to change me and I won’t be able to change you. Why is that idea so difficult? Parents want to
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This summer of fireworks, picnics, road trips and gatherings might be different if you are in a transition. Our neighborhood makes it easy because we are a community. Fourth of July morning we have cupcakes, popcorn, BBQ for lunch, kids decorating their bikes with ribbon, fire trucks, chalk drawings, and a parade of red, white
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Changes are around the corner, again this summer. Vacation time, goodbyes, celebrations, and moving into new roles with your family. What do you want to remember about the role you have played that grew you and grew your family? We forget to stop and reflect about the value we have added to people in our
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You already know that planning for a fun time, makes it happen. These photos are from a night out to see the play, IN THE HEIGHTS in Hollywood. We even bought candy which we never do and dressed up, a little. We had a great time. Fantastic music and dancing….we were lifted! You
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As you know, one of my passions is my organic vegetable and flower garden. Here is a surprise: I planted my sunflower seeds all at the same time. I have never grown them. Surprise is, the smallest, shortest plant opened her SUNNY FACE FIRST. I planted all my tomato plants from seed at the same
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If I move from within , I am fine. If my mind rattles, I tumble. Do you Empty Nesters and Boomers have that experience when you have to pull yourself up and begin again? What chatters in your head more than you like? My secret to a quiet head is doing something simple that I
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When you are reaching out for someone to connect with you or crying for the missing of your children who are never home or moved away, do you think howling helps? Have you tried it?Summer Solstice might open that voice in you. Warm nights and time outside. Most parents feel so guilty crying or complaining.
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Would you want to move in with your children and grandchildren? Would you want to live in the same town? What we think might be different than when the reality of making that decision sits on our kitchen table. No harm in looking in the cupboard for tasty and rotten nibbles. You know
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These two sons forgot to call their dad on Father’s Day. Can you feel their stress in this photo? Parents ask me, “At what age will my children remember to call without my reminding them to call?” I bet you guess the answer…there is no documented age for children who remember to call home.
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Marriage, parents want that for their children. They want to like the new family, the partner, the town, the freedom. Now that is the head chatting about the upcoming wedding day , but the EMPTY NESTERS also want to sob, and quickly get over the change that leaves their home silent and old. They have
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“I am heading to college in August, miles away from Dad. I know he wants this “last” Father’s Day to be over the top. He wrote it on the refrigerator, bathroom mirror, and my sock drawer in peanut butter. DO SOMETHING FOR ME. What am I suppose to do, turn back the clock?” As you
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org