Do you love being a morning person?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 10, 2018 | Opinionated Musings | 10 |

What is your peak time of mental alertness and achievement? Many of you will grumble as I shout...

Getting Up Each Day After the Death of Loved One

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 17, 2018 | Musings on Grief | 21 |

The process of dealing with grief starts with talking about it. Whether the loss is accident, disease or suicide. Sharing grief is one way to process what has happened.

How did rebel me turn into my mother?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 13, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Musings on Grief | 10 |

Are you one of those daughters who always wanted to grow up to be like your mom? Email me, we need to talk!
While my mother had some awesome traits–the knack of laughing so hard she’d nearly stop breathing, the ability to make math look easy, the skill to create the flakiest pie crust–I never wanted to be her.

Life is a Daily Menu of Choices

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 25, 2018 | Opinionated Musings | 6 |

How do you choose to spend your daily allotment of hours? The ones not taken up by pre-set...

Is Your Life Justified?

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 18, 2018 | Musings on Grief | 41 |

My life is not justified—not fully at least. Not yet. If not at 59, will it be at 69, 79?...

No Place Is Too Far Away

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 17, 2018 | More Wales, Travel Musings, Wales | 28 |

Do you sometimes need to run away from home? Does the overwhelming desperation to escape the...

The Zen and Mind-Freedom of Mowing

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 17, 2018 | Musings on Grief | 4 |

I love to mow. The first summer with my husband, he paid folks to take care of the yard. With...

I am My Father’s Daughter

by Rose Mary Griffith | Apr 30, 2018 | Musings on Grief | 26 |

“What a dad!” That’s what my siblings and I continue to say about our father—his passing hasn’t diminished the impact he has on our lives. Grief can be too encompassing, holding you in and keeping you in its darkness. Or grief can be a celebration of a person’s life, of the legacy they bequeathed you. Here’s a blog about what Dad meant to me. I hope it helps you get to know him, just a bit.

Existing Within and Outside of Ourselves

by Rose Mary Griffith | Apr 22, 2018 | Opinionated Musings | 18 |

Relationships help us grow and change, and spirituality–in whatever way you choose to define it–is as important to our progress in life and happiness as are developing great friendships with wonderful people. Getting outside of ourselves and having deep conversations with others is a great way to develop those connections.

How Do We Reinvent Ourselves After Fifty?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Apr 16, 2018 | Opinionated Musings, Practical Musings | 46 |

Over fifty and laid off? Or tired of what you’re doing and you’re looking for a brand new challenge? What’s next? Do you get the same job? With some good fortune, you may be alive another forty years, working for another fifteen (or more), where do you want to channel your efforts?

Book Review: Gratitude in Motion

by Rose Mary Griffith | Mar 26, 2018 | Book Review Musings, Non-fiction book reviews | 0 |

Reading books of overcoming crushing physical circumstances can bring us to tears and laughter, cause anger and insight. This story will have you turning the pages as you strive to understand how Ms. Alexander lived through getting run over by a freight truck—both front and back tires. Yes, run over. Not hit, not blown off the road by the wind force of a big truck. The driver literally looked her in the eye, pulled in front of her, ran over her and tried to flee the scene. What a launch to a story.

Living Beneath the Surface of Our Lives

by Rose Mary Griffith | Mar 11, 2018 | Opinionated Musings | 24 |

People are endlessly interesting. We humans are entertaining and unusual and quirky and have unique backgrounds and experiences and passions. What’s not to enjoy? Ah, but to find out these aspects of each other, we have to dive deep and share what lives on the inside of our hearts.

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