by Norma Thatcher | May 19, 2018 | Family, Thought provoking
The most highly viewed post on NextAvenue.org was written by Richard Eisenberg. It was titled, Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents’ Stuff. It garnered one and a half million views. Eisenberg is a baby boomer who was faced with clearing his deceased father’s apartment...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 15, 2018 | Family, Thought provoking
Actor Tom Hanks has an unusual interest: typewriters. NPR actually refers to his interest as a “well-documented obsession.” Hanks wrote the forward to a book titled (appropriately enough) Typewriters: Iconic Machines from the Golden Age of Mechanical Writing by...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 4, 2018 | Family, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
At a recent Jimmy Fortune concert (Fortune was one of the Statler Brothers), my husband was enthralled with the old song The Far Side Banks of Jordan. I wasn’t familiar with it, but then my husband is more of a gospel music fan than I am. When he talked about the song...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 1, 2018 | Family, Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Until a life insurance newsletter asked me, “Do you have a digital estate plan?” I hadn’t given any thought to the concept. But everyone reading this has a computer, tablet, or smart phone (and perhaps all three), so guess what? We have digital records. A digital...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 6, 2018 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
My two favorite gifts this Christmas were books from my daughter. A Shutterfly photobook of my daughter’s and son-in-law’s wedding was a labor of love and time. Without words, it is a beautiful compilation of the highlights of one of the happiest days in my life. ...
by Norma Thatcher | Dec 30, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Thought provoking
Sometimes when I laugh softly, I hear my daughter’s voice. It’s not in the knee-slapping-tear-producing-stop-it-you’re embarrassing-yourself” loud guffaw that cannot be held in check. Nope, that laugh is all my own. No, it’s only in the small soft laugh that happens...
