Category Archives: losing people you love
Casserole Recipes and Wishes For Mom
It’s May again, the month of Mother’s Day. My own mother, Laura Elizabeth Polson Schofield (known to friends and family as Betty), has been gone for nearly 30 years, almost half my lifetime. Yet, she never totally left.
We Moved Across The Country 3 Years Ago Yesterday
Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of our move across the country to our new home and life. After many years in San Francisco – and with no intention of retiring – we relocated to Sarasota, Florida. Many of our friends … Continue reading
George Schofield Speaks About Successful Living After 50
Thanksgiving Gratitude Contest Winners
Here are the winning entries from New Bright Life’s Thanksgiving Gratitude Contest. I am grateful for the gift of a family. A family is not something we earn, but rather we are born into. We have no control over who … Continue reading
Losing Friends To Golf, Boredom, and Dementia
I met up with a good friend the other day. She looked desperate. She blurted out, “I feel like I’m growing apart from three of my good friends! We’ve known each other for years. Our kids were in school and sports … Continue reading
New Freedom, New Horizons, and New Simplicity After 50
There we were, 3 generations of friends and me. People I’ve known for a long time were visiting our corner of the world and we got together for lunch. We chose a restaurant where we could sit at a round … Continue reading
Reaching Out Without Getting Sucked In
This week brought news of a possible tragedy. Tragedy isn’t a word I use often or take lightly, since its use so often involves one person’s unreflective and uninformed moral judgment of others’ motives, behaviors, or objectives. Still, from a … Continue reading
Caring for Elderly Parents: Caregiver or Bully?
A friend triumphantly announced that he moved his 88 year old parent from an independent living apartment to a “care facility”.
My Regular Life is Changed and Still Stays the Same
(The grandchildren depart, a bittersweet moment in time…) Their rented minivan moves away down the street as I stand in my driveway waving goodbye. The car contains my son, his wife, and their 4 young daughters (secondarily known as my … Continue reading
Sense of Urgency About the Future
New Bright Life asked people like you what kind of urgency they felt about their futures. Below are a handful of responses. Do any of these resonate for you? Please leave a comment as your input helps all of us … Continue reading
