by Norma Thatcher | May 22, 2020 | Interesting information, Thought provoking
What WERE my parents thinking? I was just shy of 16 and so naïve and innocent that anything could have happened to me. But they blithely put me on a train by myself in Johnstown, PA, bound for Chicago for a vacation with my sister. (See post from May 16.) That was a...
by Norma Thatcher | May 16, 2020 | Family, Interesting information
The summer of 1966 I was nearly 16. My sister Barbara gave me the gift of a vacation that was an amazingly big deal to me; I had never been on a real vacation. Our family of eight (six kids within a twelve-year span) from a small PA town didn’t have the money for...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 17, 2020 | Inspirational, Interesting information, Thought provoking
A few years before she died, my mother-in-law Rosalie was appalled by the birthday card her son Bill bought for my special day. When Rosalie did the choosing, the card usually depicted flowers and professed loving words. Bill’s card, on the other hand, portrayed an...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 10, 2020 | Inspirational, Interesting information
You may have seen some of the free online educational offerings during this COVID-19 pandemic. If not, I’ve given you plenty to review in the links below! I started one on Coursera that was dubbed the most popular online course at Yale: The Science of Well-Being....
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 28, 2020 | Healthy Living, Interesting information, Thought provoking
For many years I have found the subject of the mind/body connection fascinating. One of the original books on the topic that hooked me goes back to 1987. Minding the Body, Mending the Mind by Dr. Joan Borysenko is still applicable all these years later. In fact, I...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 19, 2020 | Inspirational, Interesting information, Spiritual
My friend Kimberlee Baer says her response is sometimes a conversation starter. At other times it can bring a conversation to a screeching halt. The question: “What do you do for a living?” Her response: “I’m a licensed funeral director.” Presently most funeral...
