Posts Tagged ‘Across the Generations’
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I was waiting at a stoplight when it happened. Through the windshield I saw a small plane against the blue sky and then something fall from it. It was a man! He was a sky diver. My grandson, Clyde Lee, a parachutist in the military, had told me about such things. I held my breath until the sky diver’s parachute puffed out and he floated down beyond the tree line.
A car honking behind me broke the spell. The light was green and I had to move on, but at that moment I knew what I wanted to do: parachute from a plane!
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Across the Generations, Action Adventure, Aging Well, Attitude & Outlook, Discovering Yourself, Emotional Empowerment, Extended Family, Inspirational Connections, Marriage, Positive People, Prayer, Retirement, Spiritual Seeker
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
!--paging_filter--pIt was a September evening in 1964, only hours after my husband Warren's funeral./p
pWhen the children went to bed, I sat in the tall fireside chair that had at one time graced the parlor of my mother's childhood home. I had to be alone. I was beyond tears./p
pemThis is the rest of my life,/em I thought. I knew how much the children would miss Warr. My heart ached for them. I knew about all the birthdays and holidays and graduations when they'd see other kids celebrating with their fathers. I knew because I'd been there./p
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Tags: A Loved One, Across the Generations, Being Positive, Career, Celebrities, Family, Family Life, Grieving, Healthy Mind, Inspirational Voices, Overcoming Obstacles, Positive People, Work amp; Career
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
!--paging_filter--pMy favorite films always used to be about flying, movies like emTop Gun/emnbsp;and emThe Right Stuff/em. That's because I planned to be a military pilot like my father and then someday an astronaut./p
pThe posters on my bedroom walls showed F-4s, the space shuttle and Han Solo's Millennium Falcon from the emStar Wars/em movies. All that changed onenbsp;afternoon whenmdash;as a 13-year-old boymdash;I foundnbsp;my mother chuckling over a movie on TV called emA Christmas Story/em. quot;Come watch this with me,quot; she said.nbsp;/p
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Tags: Across the Generations, Attitude amp; Outlook, Entrepreneurs, Extended Family, Family, Family Life, Inspirational Connections, Overcoming Obstacles, Parents, Positive People, Work amp; Career
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
!–paging_filter–pMy name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather./p
pGrandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. quot;Not a whole lot,quot; he said. /p
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Across the Generations, Action Adventure, Children, Crisis amp; Challenges, Family, Family Life, Grandparents, Inspirational Connections, Kids amp; Teens, Military Families, People Making a Difference, Positive People
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
When April Nicoll takes to the dance floor—and that’s often these days because she’s an instructor at a local studio—it’s with all-out enthusiasm. For dance, for motivating her students and most importantly, for being the best mom she can be.
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Across the Generations, Children, Diet & Nutrition, Family Life, Finding Balance, Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Body, healthy habits, Inspirational Connections, Lifestyle, Positive People, Raising Kids, Work & Career
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