by Norma Thatcher | Aug 15, 2017 | Healthy Living, Humor, Public speaking, Thought provoking
The receptionist handed me a four-page disclaimer/waiver on a clipboard. I was asked to initial each item as accepting the risk and agreeing to hold harmless the oral surgeon for any of the possible negative outcomes. Here are just four of them: * Broken jawbone *...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 12, 2017 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
“If who you are is what you do, then when you don’t, you aren’t.” I’ve failed at finding the author of this quote. For years I believed it was the late Wayne Dyer, but short of rereading all of his books, I have not been able to substantiate that. Regardless, it’s a...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 1, 2017 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
A recent study noted that if you do one physical activity (such as taking a walk), you are more likely to execute additional positive actions that are good for your health throughout the day. My guess is that this same reaction occurs for “thinking” activities. If we...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 20, 2017 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Leadership, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
I have a talent for seeing connections. I’ll hear or read something and come up with a way that idea could work for another subject also. Or I might tweak it a bit to have it serve another purpose. I had borrowed a library audio book called Uninvited: Living Loved...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 6, 2017 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
It felt as if the volunteer for the American Cancer Society had thrown a glass of cold water in my face. In reality, she had simply spoken a truth that I needed to hear. When she learned that next year is my thirty-year anniversary for recovery from malignant melanoma...
by Norma Thatcher | May 27, 2017 | Healthy Living, Humor, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
How do you wake up? Some of us are alarm-setting, jump right out of bed people. Others are snooze button pushers. Most days I wake up with a dog’s face looming above me. He’s not allowed on the bed, but he’s tall enough to stand beside the bed frame and stare down....