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02.25.2018 Community

Column: Life lessons from a first-time grandmother

A new chapter of my life was written last September when I became a grandmother, aka Glam Mom (a moniker my sister bestowed on me). My world has tilted,...

11.17.2017 Community

Forward Living: Ms. Auto Correct has a mind of her own

I was in real hot water with a dear friend, and it wasn’t my mouth this time — well, not exactly. She sent me a photo of herself vacationing...

09.28.2017 Community

Forward Living: Great expectations for ‘Glam-Mom’

I may be the only person who’s glad summer is over. It’s not that I don’t like summer; I do — tourists and all. Then again, I love the...

08.21.2017 Community

Forward Living: Making the best of bitter pills

Most of us are familiar with this popular lyric from the hit musical “Mary Poppins”: “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Mary Poppins and Mom had...

07.27.2017 Community

Forward Living: Viewing the world with new eyes

I’ve dubbed this past June “the month of bombshells.” The shells started flying in May, when a routine visit with my ophthalmologist morphed into what seems like a lifelong...

03.23.2017 Community

Forward Living: Have a ‘Cheers’ you can call your own?

I loved the long-running TV show “Cheers.” The series revolved around a “watering hole” in Boston called Cheers, where a “cast of characters” (literally) shows up regularly. Owner Sam...

01.29.2017 Columns

Forward Living: When did rudeness become mainstream?

Folks are becoming increasingly rude, don’t you think? From my vantage point, it seems that rudeness is a pandemic that’s sweeping the nation — and it ain’t pretty.

12.24.2016 Columns

Forward Living: ‘Tis the season for Christmas memories

It’s always a trip, literally and figuratively, to visit my adult kids in California. When we’re together, our conversations gravitate to the “remember whens.” Our individual recollections vacillate widely:...

10.30.2016 Columns

Forward Living: Look up. You’ll be glad you did

I’m a people watcher, but hold on: I don’t peek through windows or engage in stalking or gawking, nothing creepy like that. Wherever or whatever I’m doing, I usually...

10.02.2016 Columns

Forward Living: Growing old is not a reason for giving up

Growing up, one of Mom’s famous “Mom-isms” was “Celia! Act your age.” Jeez! How I hated those words. Now that I am a gal of a certain age, I...

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