My country grandmother was the one I knew the best. There was something about my mother’s mother which was charming and endearing. Her life had many hard times at the beginning, the middle, and the end. But her last years were some of her happiest. Her first husband, William Henry Youngblood, died, I think in … More My Country Grandmother
My grandmother, Nina Alexander, was born in 1901, thirty-six years after the Civil War. Nina spent the earliest years on her family farm in Georgia. She lost four of her ten siblings, during her youth. (Death at an early age was not uncommon during those times.) When her diabetic father died after a hunting accident … More My Maternal Grandmother’s Life
(A little grammatical humor for any grammar aficionados reading this.) . I learned a lot about how to protect and treat my back’s spine and muscles for over 20 years. You may want to read my first post about how it started. https:www.joyful2beeblogs.com: 2025-/10/02/my-back-talks-back I’ve learned to listen to my back! Knowing I had a … More Baby Your Back! (Not- “Baby, You’re Back!”)
When we are between our teens and mid adulthood, we often think: “I am invincible! I can do anything. I am strong. I have unlimited energy.” After all, usually nothing happens (that we can see) when we participate in risky activities at that age. It takes getting older before we realize, “I screwed up!” Where … More My Back Talks Back
A few years ago, I installed a new water filter into the top, right, rear corner of the refrigerator. It was one of those twist filters that screws up into the apparatus that connects it to the water line that runs from the refrigerator’s dispenser to the wall to the water dispenser in the back … More Water Was Spewing Out of My Refrigerator
There are at least three kinds of reflections in the world: 1) the reflection of ourselves, as we look in a mirror, similar to reflections seen in a clear calm lake or pond; 2) the reflection of ourselves, as we notice how others respond to us, or are affected by us; 3) the reflection we … More How Do You Reflect?
I’ve been given two interesting ideas about foods, both from older gentlemen at the grocery store. Being a friendly person who enjoys meeting others at the grocery store, I occasionally speak to others, if their attention is on the same product, (usually in the vegetable department), and especially if I feel the other person is … More Open Minds Learn New Ideas
On Facebook the other day, I saw this quote posted by Andrea Sigler on “Word Porn,” I am unable to find the author of this quote but it has been used many times on other sites. I found it interesting that a recent re-connection with an old friend exemplified its message. This friend was a … More But Keep the Old
My interest in the gifts of being an empath and having empathy began a long time ago. Having empathy or being empathetic means you can understand and sometimes feel how someone feels; to imagine, understand or feel like they do. Being an empath may include the above compassionate abilities but is more a matter of … More Empathy, Empathetic, Empath
Hold tightly to that which you know through experience, examination, contemplation, hard work and lessons learned from life. Do not run away from life so hard by working all the time, forgetting to see the beauty of nature, the joys of learning, seeing, sharing, helping others and the lives all around you and your family. … More Golden Rules to Live By
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