Reframe your resolutions and make a road map to achieve them. — By the third week of January, many people feel their New Year’s Resolutions start to fade. It’s not too late to rescue your 2022 resolutions. This article shows how to reframe resolutions to increase success. It uses the story of a writer, Courtney, to illustrate the resolution reframing and support…

Carving a large bird, especially in front of hungry guests, can be a daunting task. This Xmas Eve, I woke up earlier than I usually do and with inexplicable anxiety. I knew I had enough time for all I planned to do before, during, and after my daughter came to…

Enjoy the benefits of a walk for your body and mind. — What about a walk in the Huntley Meadows Park before it gets too hot? My still cloudy brain accepted my husband’s early morning challenge. “OK. I’ll get ready.” We’d been walking in the evenings to avoid the steamy hot Summer days in Northern Virginia. …

When I saw a pink baby sandal alone on the bottom step of a row house in Alexandria, I remembered the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Then I thought, there is a five-word story here: This shoe lost its baby. A baby whose…

The human growth is like a movie with a moving end as more centenarians live in the world. — The concept of growth evolves throughout the years of our lives. Observing the first five years of children’s physical growth and brain development is a marvelous experience. The babies grow every minute. Their minds want to understand and make sense of everything around them. Every adult finds a way to cope with the series of why, why, why questions.

Write something silly. — I just read another article kindly recommending to write every day. So, I forced myself to write this article. I rarely get sick, but yesterday I got a lower back muscle twisted. I never had anything so dramatic. I was alone in the house when it happened. I managed to…

Experience the benefits of a walk in a park near you. — What about a walk in the Huntley Meadows Park before it gets too hot? My still cloudy brain accepted my husband’s early morning challenge. “OK. I’ll get ready.” We’ve been walking in the evenings to avoid the steamy hot Summer days in Northern Virginia. It’s September and a change it’s…