When I recently heard the thermometer would finally rise above 50 degrees in the mid-Atlantic states, it was a sign that spring was right around the corner. Narcissus and hyacinth plants as well as fresh-cut daffodils were already being sold in Southern California, where I live. But the weather breaking after such a harsh winter, [...]
Experience tells us if we overprotect our children they end up missing what life is all about. Give them too much and they appreciate little. Fear of failure causes them to fail, making this a self-fulfilling prophesy. Pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945) remember life when it was real, rewards were for achievement and [...]
I was born in 1936, so I don’t remember much until after the war broke out, except for the warm comfortable feelings of being part of a loving home. Looking back, I guess there were things I missed having due to the rationing and general scarcity of goods during WWII, but I never felt without [...]
