Category: Kindness
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60+| Let Someone Know That They Are Special
To My Very Special Friend, Well, you’re the first of the two of us to make it to 65. (Don’t forget—I’m right behind you!)I’m so proud of you. Life hasn’t always been fair, and I know you carry the weight of some past choices—but it’s time to stop beating yourself up. We all make mistakes.…
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Blog Challenge |60+|When I Was 5
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? Blog Challenge Response: When I Was 5… When I was five, I knew I wanted to be a mom. Not just any mom—I wanted to be my mom. Graceful, nurturing, loving… and always in control of the home she built with so much…
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Blog Challenge|60+|A Positive Change
Describe one positive change you have made in your life. Blog Challenge: One Positive Change I’ve Made in My LifeTitle: “Getting Quiet with Me” The biggest positive change I’ve made in the past five years is learning to spend time alone—intentionally. That choice has completely shifted how I move through life. At first, spending time…
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60+|80-85 Years Old
Contemplating the Passage of Time: When Do We Want to Say Goodbye? Yesterday, during a conversation with one of my younger coworkers in his 20s, he asked me a question I hadn’t really thought about in quite the same way before: “How long do you want to live?” I paused for a moment, as the…
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Blog Challenge |60+|Medical Surgeons
Who is the most confident person you know? The Most Confident People I Know When I think about confidence, my mind immediately goes to the neurosurgeons I work with in complex spine and cerebrovascular surgery. These highly skilled professionals perform intricate procedures that change lives—relieving extreme back pain, removing tumors, taming tremors, and securing aneurysms.…
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Blog Challenge |60+| My Kindness & Patience
What was the best compliment you’ve received? The Gift of Kindness: A Life of Service Growing up in a Christian home with my father as a Baptist minister, I had the privilege of witnessing kindness in action every single day. My parents didn’t just speak about faith—they lived it. Their words and actions aligned, creating…

