BOAT LIFE- We Rented a Winter Air B&B

It is adorable and spacious and spotless. I have already taken a shower and am trying out my heating pad on the bed….(I hurt my back two weeks ago and have been nursing an injury since then) Brand new fixtures in the bathroom and cute vintage touches throughout the apartment! Walking distance to the boat.…

“This Is Us” is Currently My Family Therapy

Trigger Warning: Addiction, death and This is Us spoilers…. I just finished watching the episode in This Is Us -where Jack experiences the death of his mother. It’s in the most recent season, which will be the last season of the show. The reason that I have loved the show is that it has often…

A Poem for Ukraine, Fear and Family History

Ahhhhhh The World……Lord God, You made it. Beautiful and Frightening in its own way That there can be moments of beautyRight next to moments of uglinessIn the same roomExisting in the same space Moments of joyCoexisting with moments of fearIn the same boxIn the same closetIn the same nooks and crannies of our hearts How…

Ruby Bridges Tells Me Her Story

As part of my awakening to my own complicity in the systemic racism in our country, I have made a commitment to educate myself about things in Black History that I did not know about. In order to do this, I have been compiling a list of resources to help me get better educated. This…

Goodbye Mr. Lennon

38 years ago today, a deranged man walked up to perhaps the most talented singer/songwriter there ever was….and blew him away in the doorway of his NY City apartment building. Time stopped for me that day. It was the first death that I experienced of a loved one. The first time I was personally affected…

The Journey IS The Destination

From “Aging Gracefully” my new blog! “Welcome to my new blog “Aging Gracefully” (aginggracefullyliving.wordpress.com)…… As Elder Ministry Coordinator for The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, I sincerely hope and pray that the information shared here will be helpful and informative. Church is one of the few places in our society where people of all ages…

Cuttyhunk Magic

My plan was to shut off social media for the week that I am on Cuttyhunk…..but the stories here are just too good not to tell. Since I use my blog and Facebook as a type of journal to record memories for my own use, I decided I will limit myself to a post a…