As I was enjoying a smoothie with one of my close friends after an exercise class, we observed the many women in the café with plastic surgery. She looked at me and said, “It is a privilege to age; I don’t know why most people have a hard time embracing it.” Her words struck me […]
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Mental Benefits of Travel & Vacation

Do you ever feel stuck in a rut, feeling that life is monotonous and that you are a robot doing the same thing every day? We are part of a very busy, work-focused society where many people do not even take all of their allowed vacation days. My husband and I lived in Ottawa, Ontario, […]
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Ten Life Lessons

The new calendar year is approaching, an ideal time for introspection. I stumbled across a wonderful memorial service given by an alumnus, Peter Gwillim Kreitler, of the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut on the occasion of his 50th class reunion. He shared ten life lessons he and his peers had learned while at the […]
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