Do you remember that childhood game of ‘May I?’ One person is the leader, keeps their back to the rest of the crowd and one by one the children ask…

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Why do we chase after youth and worldly beauty? Don’t you know that older folks have a special place in God’s heart? I will be your God through all your…

Read More The Cost of Beauty (Quote from Happy Daze, Life After 40, Brenda J Wood)

We don’t have to turn into one of those cranky old folks we all avoid. You know, the ones who hit you with their cane; the Aunt Marthas and the…

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We sat in the doctor’s office with my seventy-five-year-old dad. The diagnosis meant a five-hour surgery. He seemed overly quiet, almost morose. I said, “Dad, this is nothing. We’ve all…

Read More Life’s Happy Daze (Quote from Happy Daze, Life After 40 Author Brenda J Wood)

If I ask you what you are addicted to, what would you say?  I am a food addict. For the most part, I have recovered, but any day and, in…

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We want to, oh how we want to, but we don’t seem to. Let’s start together then. All change begins with contemplation. Will I or won’t I? How painful will…

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Never go back for seconds of what you have already eaten. Now that might be good diet advice but its even better life advice. What is not working for you?…

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1-Learn your life lessons the first time. Stop using a repeating rifle. 2- Evaluate what you learned. Ask for input from God and from others. 3-Accept responsibility for your own…

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Our wish lists are longer than our prayer lists…or are they one and the same? I wish I was size 10, but I ate three cupcakes. I wish I had…

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I am too old.  I don’t have the right education. I have no family backing. I have no money. I dislike the whole idea. I don’t feel safe doing that.…

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