Category Archives: aging
A FULL-FLEDGED LIFE SAVER
As this week has progressed and we’ve become slaves to the health care system, I can’t help but think about the One who saves us all. We put our faith in the professionals when it comes to fixing our cars … Continue reading
LIFE IN WORDS
Keeping a journal can be therapeutic. It can be a log of your daily life. It can help you organize your thoughts. For a writer, it can be a plethora of information to use in a future story or poem. … Continue reading
LIFE OUT OF ASHES
POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER© There are places we simply crave to be, Serene, comfortable places where we can find solitude, Tightly clinging to the quietness of alone time, Away from the clamor of everyday life, Isolated, apart from others, in your … Continue reading
WHAT A WEEKEND!
My family means everything to me. This past weekend was filled with high emotions, tears, love and family – which can be overwhelming – but through it, I saw strength, faith, love, respect, honor and so much more. It was … Continue reading
MY HUSBAND, THE DAD
“In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.” Ephesians 5:28 To conclude my series of father’s who had a profound effect on me, I’m choosing to write about … Continue reading
MY DADDY, THE FOREMAN
My dad taught me how to tie my shoes.He grieved with me when my box turtle fell off the ledgeof our fourth floor apartment.He came with me to the five and dime to return a trinket I had stolenand apologize … Continue reading
MY FATHER’S DAD, THE TAILOR
ALVIN OREN KEENE – 1893 – ? I know very little about this man. My paternal grandfather was not on the scene when I was born. My grandmother never mentioned him, but the story is that he was a tailor. … Continue reading
MY FATHER-IN-LAW, THE MORTICIAN
MY FATHER-IN-LAW – ROBERT HENRY BOECHER – 1909-1965 When I was first introduced to my future father-in-law, I was surprised to discover him a man of many hats. He had followed his own father’s footsteps by going into partnership with … Continue reading
MY GRANDPA WAS A LINEMAN . . .
The above photo was taken from the internet and doesn’t include my grandfather, but it is typical of what a lineman did in the early 1900s. When Erving William Forsterling was born on 23 June 1894, in Howards Grove, Sheboygan, … Continue reading
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
When Albert Nedden was born on 1 January 1873, in Prussia, German Empire, his father, Johann Gustav Nedden, was 53 and his mother, Henriette Ernestine Wilhelmine Emilie Nedden, was 45. He had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with … Continue reading
FRIDAY IS A STATE OF MIND
Well, here it is Friday. The end of the work week. The beginning of the weekend and then it’s back to the same old same old. Or is it? What did you accomplish this week? I got up this morning … Continue reading
THROW BACK THURSDAY – ORGANIZED CHAOS
SINCE TODAY IS THROW BACK THURSDAY, I’M DOING A RERUN OF ONE ORGINALLY WRITTEN ON 5/11/17 As we travel this road called life, we will encounter chaos. It is not the way God intended our path to be. He created … Continue reading
WEDNESDAY WISDOM FROM A WISE GUY
It’s Wednesday – Hump Day – National Chocolate Ice Cream Day -the middle of the work week – a day to share some wisdom. So, since I’ve been called a “Wise Guy” from time to time, I may be qualified … Continue reading
MONDAY MUSINGS
It’s Monday again. The only reason I know that is because yesterday was Sunday and the third Sunday in a row, we’ve been able to attend church in person. Getting the week started has always depended on that event. Physically … Continue reading
SENIOR ROAD TRIP ADDENDUM
Yesterday’s post was about taking a vacation after you’ve retired. I’d like to add just a few thoughts about the generation gap. The thing about being a slave to your phone has to do with missing out on the essence, … Continue reading
SMALL TOWN SUMMER DAYS
ART & POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER© Oh, those lazy days of summer, leave me wanting better things, When days are long and nights are warm, with all that nature brings, A quiet street has come to life, as morn drifts into … Continue reading
THE SENIOR ROAD TRIP
Taking a vacation when retired is kind of a misnomer. I mean to take a vacation when you’re on a “vacation” every day seems repetitive at the least. We’ve opted to take short trips rather than the average drive to … Continue reading
THE STAYCATION
I’m retired. Woo hoo!! Most of my friends have good retirement funds – financial plans that paid off – money in the mattress – stocks and bonds – all sorts of resources including Social Security benefits which have become our … Continue reading
A ROAD TRIP ADVENTURE
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all … Continue reading
TECHNOLOGY 105
Today, I’m looking ahead to the future and can only speculate on what the world will be like. Ever since man was created, there has been this passion to compete with God – to be a creator, divine, perfect in … Continue reading
