Dad used to say, “You can’t put a 40 year old head on a 20 year old.†When I first heard him say that, I didn’t understand what he meant, but I do now. He meant that time and maturity can’t be rushed. There are lots of things to believe about age, and at least […]
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My new book Well Seasoned: The Beauty of Age is a tapestry of thought provoking messages regarding Age, Worthiness, Confidence, Friends and Writing. You’ll love reading Anna Marie Peterson’s perspective on life. As an active 102 1/2 year old, she has a few important things to share with us! Here’s the first page of the
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My goal was to interview Lorraine Zomok for this blog. I only had 30 minutes until our P.E.O. Tea at the Spicery next door, but as soon as I stepped into Memory Lane Trinkets and Treasures, she met me with questions about my new book. Just like a schoolgirl who came home to show her
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The West Valley Women’s sponsor for the day gave an empowering talk. Karianne Munstedt (Karianne Munstedt Portrait) showed her amazing photographs, reminding us that “these are more†than pictures. Her message rang true for the women present at the West Valley Women’s luncheon, and I was reminded that a shoe story—my favorite kind of story
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I sit here by the ocean and think about my life. When L.J. and Alice Whalen brought me home after my birth 70 years ago, the welcoming committee consisted of Stubby, the family terrier. I didn’t know about love and sharing and making your voice heard over a crowd of siblings—because there were none. I
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I love the saying, “When writing the story of your life, make sure you’re holding the pen,” because it reveals the heart of life-story writing. Sweet and simple—hold the pen. Here’s my take on what that looks like: First of all, you literally need to be the writer. No matter if its gripping the pen,
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During our three hour writing your life story workshops, we take a deep dive into the past for particular events, and someone’s story always brings me home to a memory or two from my own life. You’ll enjoy this memory, written by L.S., about an event from her young life. As soon as I heard
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It seems like a lifetime ago, yet 50 years have passed since a soldier in the United States Army was wounded. Ross McCollum (my husband) was one of the lucky ones in that fire-fight. He was serving with US Army’s 9th Infantry Division’s Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam. Six
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I think I know why more of us don’t write the stories of our lives. We feel like a small creature swimming in the ocean of our experiences. They feel WHALE-ish: BIG. MASSIVE. TOO MUCH. The dilemma is that there is too much to count. In frustration, we put away the idea of writing anything
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