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ttjsaunders
- Mar 22
- 4 min
Enough or More?
Do you long for wealth and prosperity? Do you wish you had abundance untold? Or, do you need more wealth, abundance and prosperity? There...
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ttjsaunders
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Bookending-the Ultimate Retirement
Ahhh…retirement. You’ve been looking forward to this for years. The ultimate time of relaxation has come at last. You have planned and...
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ttjsaunders
- Mar 8
- 4 min
Screeching to a Halt
My youngest son just gained his second step towards his full driver’s license. This is a big deal for anyone, usually pursued right after...
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ttjsaunders
- Mar 1
- 5 min
Aging With Courage
Courage fascinates me. It always has. It’s what draws me to war movies from WWI and WWII on to Vietnam. Movies like Hacksaw Ridge which ...
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ttjsaunders
- Feb 22
- 5 min
Aging With Riches
Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s was fun, genuine fun. We played outside down the street somewhere till mom would call us or the tall...
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ttjsaunders
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Aging With Resolve-Never Ever Give Up
On Thursday Vincent Simmons will be 70 years old. After almost 45 years incarcerated, he was released last evening, walking out of jail a...
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ttjsaunders
- Feb 8
- 4 min
Aging With Success
By the time we reach our golden years we have probably given this subject a lot of thought. Has my life been successful? What have I...
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ttjsaunders
- Feb 1
- 5 min
Aging With Victory
By the time you become a senior, you have grieved many losses in your life, mainly people, but also places and things too. Yet the one...
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ttjsaunders
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Begin
Resolutions aren’t for me. They just don’t work so I gave them up many years ago. Instead I use the flip of the calendar to assess where...
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ttjsaunders
- Jan 18
- 6 min
Aging With Community During Isolation
My mother dragged me to church every Sunday. My Sunday school class was in a small room in the basement. This is really where I came to...
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ttjsaunders
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Mary, You Knew Didn't You...
Yeah, I think she knew and so did Joseph. One of the most beautiful modern Christmas songs ever written is, “Mary Did You Know?” This...
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ttjsaunders
- Jan 4
- 5 min
Aging With the Proper Perspective
When I lived in South Africa I was volunteering at a very large non-profit organization. It was important to me to fit in by doing...
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ttjsaunders
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
Aging With Beauty
We all seek beauty and as we age we may find it to be more and more elusive. We don’t look or feel as lithe and lean as once did. Lithe,...
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ttjsaunders
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
I'd Rather Do It Myself
My son has my car and he just called me to say the key won’t move at all. He can’t even remove it. The car won’t start. He turned the...
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ttjsaunders
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
Aging With Hope
Hope, Hope, Hope-is it overworked? Everywhere I look, so many blogs focus on hope and even some organizations and ministries use hope in...
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ttjsaunders
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Indifference
He quietly slipped into the seat beside me just as the service began. The whole row of us shifted down a bit to accommodate him as he and...
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ttjsaunders
- Nov 23, 2021
- 3 min
Aging With Vitality
Vitality is defined as the state of being strong and active; the power giving continuance of life present in all living things,...
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ttjsaunders
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
The Uncomfortable Truths
Oscar Pistorius, the former South African Paralympian, is up for parole after having served half of his sentence. In 2013 he was...
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ttjsaunders
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Aging With Joy
I encountered a very efficient but unfriendly person yesterday. As a direct result of covid her department of testing is 8 weeks behind...
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ttjsaunders
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Seriously, How Do I Smell?
There is a very distinct smell to autumn. As the crisp cooler air nips at my ears, I can’t help but notice the damp but fresh earthy...
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