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2022: a zoo trip and other adventures

12 Jun 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  We have a few more relatively quiet days. Dad M and Cheryl sent $200 for Emma to spend this summer, which was really cool of them, so Erin takes her shopping - 2 brand new shirts, a couple of pencils she loves, a spiffy water bottle are the procee...

2022, October 9-10: Melbourne, FL

6 Mar 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  While we're waiting, I observe that Mom does seem somewhat out of it. Dad's convinced that he knows all the signs, and that she's just had another stroke. Marlen meanwhile is nowhere to be found, has obviously wandered away somewhere, possi...

2022, October 12-13: From Melbourne to Mocksville

20 Mar 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  We get up on Wednesday and are still in this holding pattern, waiting on Mom's ashes and the death certificate paperwork to be processed. Erin and I of course took Dad's truck last night when driving back to the hotel. She badly wants...

Finding Peace in 2025 (you really can!)

29 Dec 2024 6 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I know this post is not directly about weight loss, but so many things impact our eating habits and the emotions that impact dieting and weight loss that I feel it's worthy to talk about all the extraneous stuff in our lives that impact weight loss,...

2022, October 10-11: Melbourne, FL

13 Mar 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  Mounted deer on backside of Marlen’s house After leaving the hospital, Allie and his crew head home. The rest of us agree to meet over at this BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Dad makes it as far as drifting inside the building, but then un...

Should Your Home Fit Your Family, or Should Your Family Fit the Home?

19 Mar 2025 5 minute read 2 comments VitalyTennant.com

Buying a home is a massive deal. One of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make. And it’s not just about square footage, the number of bedrooms, or how nice the kitchen looks in the morning light. It’s about how your life fits into that spac...

What sacrifices have you made for your children?

20 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

And the subtext behind the title is: have you regretted making these sacrifices? Though I anticipate that your answer to my second question is a resounding No! Anyway, I now work in a middle school and teach teenagers. But because my son will enrol...

It is really happening!

27 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Well... it is really hard to believe that this day is actually here. Last night our family watched Encanto in our nearly empty house... whilst I constantly refreshed my email, hoping for the PCR tests to come through! After midnight, the results...

Post Move #1: Settling In and Adjusting

8 Jan 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

    Unsplash   This is my series about trying to find our footing in Australia. It will no doubt be a series of joy and sadness and struggle... Things will turn out alright? Won't they? We are finally out of our isolation period due to the trav...

Fertility centers are increasing in India

17 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Bala

India is the most populated country in the world. Recently India crossed China in the list and became number 1. Even though it is one of the biggest countries in the world, it is also one of the most populated countries in the world. Fertility was ne...