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“Dear Mom”: A Letter From Your Baby Boomer Daughter on Mother’s Day
Dear Mom, You are the reason I am who I am.  I learned so much about being a mom from watching you.  As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to realize that oftentimes you were making it up as you went along, situation by situation, daughter by daughter.  There really is no “how to be a …
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My Smartphone and Me: It’s Not Just Millennials Who Are Hooked
I admit that I, like many others today from Gen Z to Baby Boomers, am attached to my smartphone. I actually suffer some anxiety when I don't have it with me, or can't get to it when I hear it buzzing, alerting me of a notification or text message. The fact that I can do …
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Do You Still Make New Year’s Resolutions?
Just like the spoon full of black-eyed peas I force down every year for good luck, I've always made a half-hearted attempt at a few New Year's resolutions. For me, these resolutions have been your typical self-improvement goals like "lose weight". And like most of us, I've failed at keeping the resolutions by the middle …
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Generational Shifts Have Helped Fuel Global Conversations About Sexual Harassment
It has become a movement! We are hearing more and more women speaking out about sexual harassment. This genie is not going back into the bottle! I'm feeling excited that Generation X and Millennial women are leading the way, feeling empowered to stand up and speak out against this full blown epidemic. Sexual harassment has …
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Civility And Courtesy Shouldn’t Be Optional. Our Children Are Watching.
Civility and courtesy, the outward expressions of human decency, are the proverbial glue that holds society together- qualities that are more important than ever in today's complex and changing world. Emily Post's Etiquette, 19th Edition I have been so disheartened by the lack of civility we are witnessing from the Oval Office these days. What …
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Am I The Only Boomer Not “Feelin” Airbnb?
Have You Embraced The Trendy Airbnb Lodging Accommodations For Your Leisure Travel? Â Would You Open Your Home As A Host? Let me preface my story by saying I'm often an early adopter of new products and services. Â I ordered my children's holiday toys online before it was a trend, or even reliable. Â I jumped into …
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Post Charlottesville, Doing Nothing Isn’t An Option For Millennials Or The Rest Of Us
I'm still trying to process what happened in Charlottesville, the president's response, and how these events will impact our youngest generations. Â Â As an African-American baby boomer, with parents and grandparents who were active in the civil rights movement and who experienced the impact of racism for much of their lives, I know they expected their …
Surrounded by Knowledge and Experience…Listening and Learning from Other Generations
I’m a Baby Boomer (born between 1946 and 1964), who makes an intentional effort to hang out with people from other generations. Boomers have been called the "Me Generation" because they were the first generation to take a breather between childhood and adulthood and explore being young.  They got married later, had kids later, and spent …
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