by Norma Thatcher | Jul 28, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Many years ago a friend of mine died in a car accident. The accident occurred on a beautiful spring day, and I imagine he was enjoying the ride in his classic sports car – a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible. Who knows what momentarily took my friend’s attention...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 24, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Public speaking, Thought provoking
In 1998 I had the good fortune to attend a presentation given by psychoneuroimmunologist Joan Borysenko. (Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of the interaction and connection between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body.) The...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 21, 2018 | Healthy Living, Words
Last Thursday my brain couldn’t come up with the phrase “scavenger hunt.” I was telling a story to friends in which this fun game played a role, but I just couldn’t pull out the phrase. It’s likely that you’ve had this happen to you as well; you know what you want to...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 30, 2018 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Love, Thought provoking
My mother-in-law Rosalie once told me, “I wish I had learned how to drive. That way I could go visit the lonely people at the nursing home.” She was around 90 when she made that statement. Until she took her last breath, Rosalie had a full life with plenty of loving...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 12, 2018 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
The woman next to me on the whale watching tour had three cameras of various sizes strung around her neck. It was as though she was wearing the world’s most cumbersome necklace, part of which was digging into my side. When the whales appeared she raised one camera...
by Norma Thatcher | May 29, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Spiritual
“Never give up the power of your gut instincts. Trust me on this one…” This advice is from Dr. Neil Spector, once a respected oncologist. Over a span of fifteen years, he experienced a series of near-fatal health problems himself and was misdiagnosed for several years...
