Memories

Family Memories: What The Daughter On The Right Regrets Throwing Away

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Compulsive Neatness, Family Memories, Christmas Cards, Hoarding, Post50 News, Keeping Christmas Cards, Christmas Letters, GPS for the Soul, Memories, Fifty News

As the song goes, sometimes, you truly don't know what you've got til it's gone. With so much attention being paid to midlifers who learn that their a...

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Digital Fire: At War With Ourselves

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Thought, Avoiding Conflict, Mind-Body Connection, Intelligence, Conditioning, Digital Life, Beliefs, Passion, Reinventing Your Life, Memories, Healthy Living News

Maybe the real issue with learning how to reinvent oneself is the simple fact we really don't know how we formed our identity in the first place.

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The Importance of Making Memories With Our Children

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Parenting, Children, Parents, Memorable Events, Creating Memories, Memories, Parents News

One of the reasons that I am so committed to my community -- church, family, school, etc. -- is because I don't believe we can move forward in heal...

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Cooking With Mayonnaise

Lisa K. Friedman | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Grandmother Cooking, Cooking, Memories, Fifty News

"Your grandfather hates mayonnaise." My grandmother looked right at me, and that's when I deciphered the code. He had behaved badly. And she was leveling the marriage field.

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Who Says Our Mothers Don't Shape Our Lives and Values?

Jerry Lanson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Teacher Appreciation, Memoir, Mother's Day, Mothers, Remembrance, Memories, Mother's Day 2012, Parents News

Not that I always appreciated my mother's -- shall we say -- enthusiasm. But, as Mother's Day approaches, I look back at her life and influence with a smile and a touch of longing.

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Moving To Indonesia And Into The Present Tense

Kate Willsky | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta-Indonesia, Coming-of-Age, Southeast Asia, Memory, Travel, Asia, Memories, Travel News

This afternoon, a monsoon opened up the sky and I went onto our sheltered patio and sat on the little couch out there and pulled out my box of Bahasa vocabulary cards

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Cancer's New Home

Jenna Benn | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Twist Out Cancer, Cancer, Jenna Benn, Memories, Personal Growth, Health, Emotional Wellness, Personal Development, Healing, Illness, Healthy Living News

As I prepare to move from floor 29 to a new home built for two, I decided to package up cancer -- and seal her in a tight little box, with no room to breathe. And there she can live amongst a sea of discarded memories, in a landfill somewhere far from here.

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Woman's Unexpected Million-Dollar Legacy

Carolyn Anderson | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Self-Improvement, Marathon, Death, Legacy, Personal Legacy, Activism, Gps-Soul, Mindfulness, Personal Impact, Volunteerism, Contributions, Memories, Impact, Healthy Living News

Although it is a morbid exercise, I want you to think about what your obituary will read one day. What words will people use to describe you and how will you remembered?

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Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

Nikki Luongo | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Good Memory, Remembering, Anniversaries, Remember, Good Memories, Painful Memories, Painful Memory, Death, Memories, Healthy Living News

We all have dates that stick in our minds: births, deaths, anniversaries, graduations. Some moments are stuck in time never to be erased, too valuable...

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The Map

Gary North | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Bisexuality, Bisexuals, Romance, Bisexual, Memories, Gay Voices News

That our relationship disintegrated for reasons other than my sexuality per se is, in a quiet way, positive testimony of the then-young woman's integrity and, yes, love.

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Rewriting the Story of Your Life

Patricia Crisafulli | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Creativity, Emotional Healing, Childhood Memories, Inspiration, Fifty News, Writing, Memories, Personal Narrative, Life Story, My-Story, Fifty News

At midlife, it's time to sort through the life stories we tell, pitching out the ones that no longer fit.

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Oh, What a Difference She Made

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Greiving, Death, Death and Grief, Grief, Meaningful Life, Death and Dying, Death & Dying, Living a Meaningful Life, Grieving, Memories, Healthy Living News

If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.

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The Pancake Ballet: Spring, Beethoven and Honoring Grandma

Alysia Reiner | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Children, Raising Children, Ballet, Spring, Pancakes, Memories, Classical Music, Change, Mindfulness, Loss and Grief, Beethoven, Dealing With Grief, Renewal, Piano, Family, Healthy Living News

Spring has sprung. And with the shift in the weather, the daffodil blossoms, the window box we planted yesterday, comes magical renewed hope. And memories.

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Missing Snow Days

Amy Hansen | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Spring, Weather, Snow Days, Nostalgia, College, Winter Weather, Memories, Spring Weather, Snow Activities, Winter Activities, College News

While having the sun grace us with her presence earlier than usual is a welcome addition, it does rob college students of one of the hidden treasures of the higher-education experience: snow days.

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Spring Ahead... Really?

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: The Now, Energy, Time, Consciousness, Oneness, The Present, Memories, The Future, The Clock, Time Doesn't Exist, Spirit, Time Exist, Does Time Exist, Daylight Saving 2012, Healthy Living News

Time really is the reef upon which our mystic sailing ship gets caught. So, as you adjust the clocks on Saturday night, try to become the silent witness of how, no matter how you may be able to manipulate the hands on a clock, you can't change something that doesn't really exist.

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Celebrate Leap Day, or Any Other Minor Holiday

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Memory, Time, Celebration, Children, Memories, Parenthood, Calendar, Happiness, Healthy Living News

One of the main themes of my happiness project is memory. Time is passing so quickly; I worry that I won't remember this time of life, what it's like to have children this age. Celebrating minor holidays is one way to make time stand out. Because this day was unusual, it's more memorable.

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Life Lessons From a Kidnapping Survivor and the Reflective Healing Power of Writing: Smile, It's Just Fear

George Molho | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Fear, Child Abuse, Scarred a Memoir, Kidnapping, Writing as Therapy, Scarred, Healing, Writing Therapy, Power of Fear, Memories, Books News

My goal through my writing is to one day end the kidnapping of our children, their abuse and endangerment. I was one of them. I understand.

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Of Hearts and Friendship After Half a Century

Terrell Harris Dougan | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Valentines, Childhood Nostalgia, Childhood, Terry Taylor, Nostalgia, Childhood Memories, Valentine's Day, Memories, Women News

My desk was next to Terry Taylor's, the prettiest girl in our class. On Valentine's Day, I kept comparing my pitiful haul with Terry Taylor's and wondering where I had failed socially.

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Backyard Boys

Janell Burley Hofmann | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Child Development, Boys, Growing Up, Memories, Parenthood, Mothers, Adolescence, Parents-How-To, Playing, Parents-Kids, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Long before leadership courses, sensitivity training, and peer counseling, if you'll remember that you learned fairness, justice, and teamwork in our backyard.

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Author, Former Child Abuse Victim: "I Wrote To Bury My Pain"

George Molho | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Child Abuse, Memoirs, Scarred a Memoir, Scarred, Writing as Therapy, Healing, Writing Therapy, Memories, Books News

In 1978, at the age of 7, I was kidnapped and tortured for a year. I began writing a long letter to my soon-to-be ex-wife, and became besieged by submerged memories. I felt so much that I felt nothing. So, I put pen to paper and came alive.

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How Picturing Christmas Becomes Picturing The Passing Of Time

bigthink.com | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Photos, Family Memories, Old Photos, Family Traditions, Christmas, Tradition, Christmas Traditions, Nostalgia, Pictures, Family, Memories, Fifty News

Exchanging Christmas cards each year with rarely seen friends and extended family always brings the annual revelations of photographs. Infants suddenl...

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A Lesson in Moving: From the Practical to the Philosophical

Adele Scheele | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Stress, Living, Change, Moving, Romance, Nostalgia, Memories, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Moving, as anyone knows, is one of the top stressors -- along with family death, divorce, or the loss of a job. Having experienced them all, I have often thought that I'd become more practiced, maybe even immune to their emotional toll. But quite the opposite happens; it gets harder.

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My Funniest Christmas Memory

Marlo Thomas | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Childhood Memories, Holidays, Danny Thomas, Memories, Christmas, Slidepollajax, Women News

Everyone has great Christmas memories. My favorite involves a camel.

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A Story of Alzheimer's With Jean Houston

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Jean Houston, Alzheimer's, Memories, Neural Networks, Allen West, Video, Healthy Living News

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P.S. I Love You: Creating a Digital Farewell File

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Last Goodbye, Saying Goodbye, Dying, Letter Writing, Multiple Sclerosis, Death, Cancer, Legacy, Memories, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

When I found out I was terminally ill, the idea of leaving behind a legacy weighed on me, but not as heavily as the idea that I could leave behind a child with little or no memories of me.

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