Tag Archives: Memories

Times and Places in the Heart

Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Oklahoma

We’re all so connected to smart phones and computers, but do we connect very often in quiet moments where we remember those awesome memories of our past? In our youth, we think more of the future than the past. In our later years, we have a lot more yesterdays than tomorrows and the yesterdays can […]

Moments that Last a Lifetime

Sunflower

We all have those special moments in our lives that we think back on. Some of these memories are of ordinary days and some are of a day that changed our lives forever. These are the thoughts that bring us through tough times. Even in our darkest moments, if we think about a certain experience […]

Stories from the Front Porch

rocking chair on the porch

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then porches of yesterday must have been the soul. It’s where babies were rocked, beans were snapped, fish tales were swapped and all the problems of the world were solved. Just thinking about a porch swing or some iron rocking chairs takes me back to my […]

Smelling My Way to Yesterday

Traditional American Breakfast

Just the smell of bacon frying and coffee perking can take me back to a cold November morning waking up in my Granny’s feather bed. I can feel the seven homemade quilts piled on me and the feeling of the cold linoleum floor on my feet as I headed for the kitchen where the most […]

Special Connections Make Life Wonderful!

Kitten paw, human hand

Our relationships are what make our lives worth living. Spending time with special people or even special critters can make all the difference in the lives of the elderly and ours as well. Thank goodness today we have innovative thinkers who are willing to reach outside a nursing home and create places that put older […]

A Walk Back In Time

Happy grandmother with her adult daughter

When we’re young, we look mostly to the future. In later life, a lot of our joy comes from looking back. It makes sense. The young have more future than past, while the older folks have more past than future. Sometimes we forget as adult children of seniors to include conversations that bring them satisfaction […]