The Joy and Wisdom of Grandparenting
BY GENE MONIN Old barns are like old people Barns were once the center of farm life and are vanishing as modern farming methods make them obsolete. Have you noticed an old barn that looks its been around for a very long time? It may have lost parts of its roof and leans as if … Read more
Stop With The Organ Recitals… By Gene Morin It is like the disease of nonstop texting. It happens slowly, creeping in like a thief in the night. Two seniors run into each other in a store. It starts with “how are you?” Then the terror begins. An endless series of stories about operations, diseases, recovery, … Read more
How Trees Teach Us About Life By Gene Monin I’d like to be a mature oak tree, standing straight and tall in integrity and truth. I remember flying over the city and seeing how many trees were around the old hospitals. There was more green than houses. I think of trees and their varieties just … Read more
By Gene Monin What is the greatest force moving grandparents to other cities? Grandchildren cause more seniors to move than any other reason. The gift of old age is grandchildren. Grandchildren make old age worth while. A friend was talking of how happy she now she has great grandchildren. Her face was alive with the … Read more
