Best Gift: Schedule a Visit

It’s the same idea as a phone call, but requires a little more planning. Stop saying, “We should get together soon!” and actually choose a date, a time, a place. Start with those who may have more time behind them than ahead of them. And remember, it doesn’t have to be fancy! My grandmother delighted in just sitting in the sun on her patio, making small talk while we both enjoyed the beauty of the day and the love we shared. It was a 3-hour drive for me to get to her—sometimes just for a 1-hour visit—but those get-togethers are memories I cherish, especially now that she is gone.

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Interesting

I do not like the idea of happiness — it is too momentary – I would say that I was always busy and interested in something —interest has more meaning to me than the idea of happiness — Georgia O’Keeffe

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Rosh Hashana

I mailed my former therapist a Rosh Hashana card but never expected a reply. My heart leaped when I received one. When I opened the letter, I saw that it was from her husband, not her. My brilliant, quick-witted, huge-hearted therapist had Alzheimer’s. Her memory was so sharp that she never took notes during sessions yet could remember every detail. Now her mind failed her. I read the last line in her husband’s card a hundred times: “I think I have some sense of how important you were to one another.” — Idit Klein

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Change

There is a huge change in how you view the world. There’s a huge change in what opportunity is and how people see you.

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Balancing Life

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.” – Louisa May Alcott

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