Tag: retired nurse
“I am now my own classroom,”
wrote Robin Jennings on ElderChicks recently. A former teacher, she has no time to sit in the rocking chair given to her when she retired. Rather than face a classroom each day, she now sees herself as her own classroom. As a retired teacher myself, I loved the way she phrased this stage of her …
Moms: Survival Tools for Temper Tantrums
I feel exonerated. Finally. When my daughter was two, her temper tantrums merited a blue ribbon. Once, as I was leaving a coffee date, a friend with a child also two, remarked, “I don’t know how you stand it, Lo.” She stared with me at the floor where my feisty adorable blonde-haired child splayed herself …
Say Something Nice to Someone Today
Caring Lessons Now #4 Yesterday, on my way to the radio interview in Elgin, I took the bus to Union Station where I presented my Reduced Fare (seniors) CTA card, sporting a photo ID, to the ticket agent. He looked at it, glanced up at me, and said, "You pickin' this up for your ma?" …
Fresh Shrimp / Milk Crate Picnic
Caring Lessons Now (CLN) #2 In sixty-two days, I’ll be seventy. No longer do my peers talk about babies, weddings, and marital fights. It’s much more likely that we talk about our latest doctor’s appointment, medical diagnosis, and health insurance rate. That’s why, in this phase of my retirement, I want to actively seek out …
Write Along with Me 