Summer Play - Is There Such A Thing for Grandkids Anymore?
Author: Rebecca Martorella
Remember when we were kids and summer was the most active time in the neighborhood? Kids were out from daylight until dusk, playing kickball, baseball and Frisbee, riding bikes, swimming, and flying kites until parents’ dinnertime calls rang across the lawns. After dark, we went out again for flashlight tag and catching fireflies.
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Be Happy
Author: Rebecca Martorella
If someone asked you how happy you were on a scale of 1 to 10, what would your answer be?
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Surviving and Thriving At Your Family Reunion
Author: Rebecca Martorella
I am headed to a family reunion. It’s a tradition that began as a celebration of my grandparents’ 50th anniversary in 1971 and is still held by my father’s family every five years despite the passing of my grandparents in the 1990’s (they were together for an amazing 70 years).
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Lemonade Lessons
Author: Rebecca Martorella
If you are looking for a way to connect with your grandchildren that is fun, educational, outdoors, and doesn’t involve running bases or getting sandy, consider opening a multi-generational lemonade stand.
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Private Matters
Author: Rebecca Martorella
Last week, an anonymous letter ran in the Letters to the Editor section of another paper for which I write. It was from a breast cancer survivor who asked that we respect the privacy of cancer sufferers and survivors who may not wish to share their situation with the "public," and I thought this was an important issue to address further.
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Computer Savvy
Author: Rebecca Martorella
When I entered the working world in the late eighties wearing my big-shoulder-padded jackets, I had a typewriter and carbon paper for most of my daily work. Later that year, when I got my own computer to do word processing and spreadsheets, I thought I was in heaven.
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Family Secrets
Author: Rebecca Martorella
Of course, the term family secret also implies that there are multiple people in the know, so I’m thinking family secret is an oxymoron along the lines of jumbo shrimp or friendly fire.
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