Mom and Dad have been married for almost 31 years now and still going strong. They’re not a perfect couple but their differences have worked to their advantage because it complemented their personalities.

My mother is emotional while my father has a laid-back attitude. When there are issues that need to be addressed, my mom wants to talk it out while my dad avoids confrontations. They both love to eat fish and vegetables as both of them have a history of high blood pressure and they also go on a diet because they know they have to watch they eat for they are not getting any younger.

My parents also have different ideas for bringing us up. My dad preferred to spare the rod whenever possible but my mom took all means to instill discipline in us. They may have contrasting ways in this situation but we all know that they just wanted what’s best for us.

Now, my mother is not the agile, young woman that she once was. It was replaced by a woman who’s now feeling the aches and pains all over her body but nevertheless, she still has the old spirit. She’s still the same person who sacrificed a lot just to deliver us into this world.

As for my father, he may be a bit old, but he’s still strong and still provides for the family. He said he’ll just feel older and sluggish if he is left at home with nothing to do.

I love my parents and even if ours was not a smooth-sailing relationship, I wouldn’t trade anything for it in this world.

how do you say goodbye to someone close to you, someone you have learned to love as days passed by. it’s hard. i know. but there are things in life and the hereafter that we have to accept. all of us are going in the same direction. some just went ahead a little bit. maybe a few years… a few months… but we too, will go there.

i am writing this article, a couple of hours after i received the sad news. that my sister-in-law’s dad had passed away. i’ve seen their struggles. i’ve seen the love that they had for one another. so unconditional. so pure. it’s about forgiving and accepting one’s limitations. of infinite understanding and patience. of giving each other strength when they themselves are running out of it. yet they still fight the great fight of faith.

we have known each other for about a couple of years. but they always felt like family. and they indeed became our extended one.

tito winnie, this one is for you. i know you’re happy wherever you are now. thank you for accepting Jesus. thank you for making peace with your family, yourself and with God. your time may have passed here on earth but it will leave a legacy… in the hearts of those you have touched. you are a child of God. a child of the Father. and in His house you have a home. a room in His kingdom. i pray you see it.

My parents are now in their 50s and even if they are still healthy and strong, we have discussed who will care for them when they get older. Right now, they are living in the house that they have built through the years of hard work. I am proud that we were able to build our own house even if they were just regular employees in a private company. My brothers are with them so they have company at home.

My mother wants to stay in her native province when she gets old so that she can be close to her family. My father, on the other hand, wants to stay in his own province too, because he hasn’t gone home their in decades. It seems they want different things but I think my father will eventually go where mom decides to go as long as he is able to visit his native land too.

If this happens, we will have our parents come and visit us so that we can take care of them. We have agreed that we will share in the caring of them. We definitely don’t want them to end up in nursing homes because I believe that’s the only way that I can give back all the sacrifices that they have done for my brothers and I.

One thing I learned from my mom, do not throw away quality fashion pieces. Those leather boots, and Banana Republic trench coats can be out today, but will be in tomorrow. These are some items from the boomer fashion that I got from my mom’s and grandma’s closet, those that I’m still wearing from time to time.
* Peasant Blouses - these are really nice, and comfortable. I especially like my mom’s white puffed sleeve, empire cut peasant blouse. It just makes me look slim. Perfect for jeans and slacks.

* Pointed shoes - i love those pointed slip-ons. They go with almost every outfit.

* Clam diggers - i use them once in awhile, when I go to the grocery.

* Skorts - these are great for playtime with my children. It’s really hot inside the house, so I would use shorts. But whenever I feel a little girly, I would put on a pair of skorts.

* Huge eyeglasses - I really like those huge eyeglasses my mom had because they’re unique. Besides, I think vintage has always been in.

* Wide belts - I love wearing these with tunic tops and printed dresses. They go well with same-colored headbands. I think I look cute. I look like I came from an old advertisement.

Rain started to pour and children from aged 2 to 10 are enjoying the “rain bath.” Once in a while screaming…. running here and there, enjoying their sweet laughter.

They have no cares in the world for now - all they have are happy thoughts of playing.I was wondering how nice to be a kid again…no worries, no everyday stress of life - no problem at all. Nice toys and good food are suffice to make a kid happy.

I wish I enjoyed being one.

Today as we celebrate Father’s Day, I look back on the things that my father has done for me and our family. We belong to a middle-class family. We seldom buy all the things that we want but definitely we have the necessities.

Being the only daughter, my brothers though that our dad gave in more to my wishes. This might be true but I envy them because Dad was stricter with me. He didn’t allow me to have a boyfriend while I was still studying but I had one anyway. It was a source of constant arguments and he would reprimand me every now and then. At that time, I didn’t understand his point and I just thought he didn’t want me to be happy.

When we were not arguing, we were happy just talking and sharing stories. Our dinners were filled with laughter as I throw jokes at them. All these seemed too long ago. Almost two years ago, I got married and raised my own family. Now, we still catch up from time to time. I make it a point to visit them every week together with my son and husband.

My father is now 56 years old, a baby boomer. I’m happy that at his age he is healthy and still working. For this Father’s Day, I’d like to thank my Dad who selflessly provided for our family and for sharing his wisdom for us to learn from. We love you, Dad!

There are lots of choices on how the couple would want their wedding…some would want to have a beach , hawaiian, western wedding themes and other more. A wedding dream perhaps.

But a friend of mine tied the knot without much ado, no wedding preparation, no ceremony, just a signing of a wedding contract.  That was four (4) years ago, and the couple is still happily living together.

I could clearly recall the look on her husband’s face, when my friend told her foreign husband that, they are officially married, all the guy could ask “That’s It??

A blissful marriage is not gauge by a lavish wedding, nor a diamond wedding ring, it will always be the intensity of love between two people.

Panaji, Goa, India May 2008,
Since the Goa Medical College was facing problems regarding the mortuary, a mortuary supporting 18 Bodies was added to a hospital in Margao which is goa’s buisness hub. Recently there have been reports that there is still no sufficient place to keep corpses. A few days back the same problem was face regarding two unclaimed bodies. The Police were told to take them to GMC at bambolim after the post mortem due to space problems they were sent back to Margao. Once they were unloaded from the Open rickshaws which was hired they were kept outside the Mortuary where they were exposed to All natural Calamities for nearly 24 Hours.

“God Help the Government to Cover Up Some Problems”

Marriage is a start of new life. It is a starting of responsible life. Many people say that how life should be lived is known after marriage. It is not for the people who can’t understand another person feeling. Because after marriage, you have to understand another person. Mutual understanding is a base of successful marriage relationship.

Marriage is an essential to live a life happily. Because there is a person who can understand you. Marriage is the place where you can share you emotion with another person. It is a mean by which you can enjoy your life.

But, it is sad that after marriage both persons start losing interest in their partner. Why this happen! It may be due to not understanding importance of another person. In fact, by marriage, you can reduce your stress if you have clear communication with your partner. Both partners should accept their own mistake honestly. If there is problem, then it should be discussed. Do not make any prejudice about your partner. It is very dangerous to good-health-marriage life.

1.Before giving out your credit card information, make sure the website you are using is secure.
2.Auction sites are not the ideal place to buy something you need urgently. If the seller is not local, correcting an error or addressing a complaint may take time.
3.If the credential ratings of the seller are below 95, it is safest to take your business elsewhere.
4.Check return policy, warranty, delivery time, and insurance against loss or damage during shipping.
5.Save all your correspondence with the seller, including shipping dates and handling fees. It may come in handy if the shipment is late, or if what you get is not what you expected.

In addition, you should do more research on secure shopping on the Internet. It will definitely assist you to avid losing your hard-earned money.

Want to success in your life, then first judge yourself. What type of success you need. Everybody has an own concept of success. Therefore, everybody’s success is limited according to their idea.

Once your success definition is made, you need to improve yourself as per qualities. Sometimes, you try to get all qualities at once. But, it’s impossible. There is no an instant way to be successful truly in any field of life.

To be successful is a slow process. You are tested by many obstacles. You get an angry or upset if you don’t overcome difficulties. However, keep patience alive. Don’t lose it. Every obstacle makes you more advanced, more knowledgeable person in your field.

Success is not one time process. It is constant result of your positive thinking. Here come obstacles again. When you try to think positively, your invisible negative attribute keep away you from positive thinking. At that time, think positively with patience. You should do that frequently. Once you get habit of  positive thinking, no any external and internal negative things stop you for getting success.

The person is the real leader who understands others and helps them honestly in his own limitations. Leadership attributes may be different by individual, but understanding others is the first and foremost attribute of leadership of any kind. No any person can be a good leader without people support.

It is your leading attitude which determines your leadership duration. All your leading traits reflect that how you will direct your followers. Your leadership should bring together your followers to fulfill the same goals. It should have the capacity to inspire others for working towards the same goals. It needs to communicate with your followers to overcome difficulties coming in the goals. Any venture’s success depends upon communication, cooperation between its leading man and the followers.

Nature of bringing others together is the base of your leadership which assist you in building trust among your followers. This trust should not command others. Your followers never want your autocracy. They want relationship with you based on mutual trust. It helps you in achieving excellence as well as in building your character as a good leader. Your leadership should consider others opinions before taking important decision or in setting goals.

Your leadership needs to be flexible towards changes. It means you have to consider changes in the organization with care and accept it without neglecting the main goals. Your leadership needs to motivate your followers.  As a leader, you should have attitude of inspiring others. Your motivation and inspiration give a new direction to your followers about the changes in organization. It is your leadership which rebuilds the followers’ confidence.

The constant motivating process of your leadership prepares them to take any risk. Sometimes you leadership needs to take decisions which involve risks. These decisions should be taken on fact basis and compatible with law. The followers sincerely respect their leader always if he is law abiding and confident.

Leadership should be confident in itself. It has to be determined in completing the goals of organization. As a leader, you have to fuel your followers with energy and make them realize with their responsibilities about the goals. This realization ultimately turns to work as a team. Moreover, your leadership should be able to supervise on working tasks. If mistakes are done by the followers, your leadership should be able to understand and train them with respect for avoiding further mistakes.

Your leadership requires stability of mind. Though your followers confuse on some incidents, you should not lose your stability of mind. Conversely, you have to take into account the whole situation and take proper steps. Because leader knows that there is a solution on every problem.

Many people want to be leader. It may be due to human nature of ruling on others. Being successful leader is not an easy task. It constantly demands self-examination, self-improvement. Your leadership should be in acceptance of your mistakes. It requires a broad mind to accept self mistakes.

In brief, your leadership should be blend of all positive qualities. The person, who has this blend in his personality, is certainly able to be a good leader.

Foremost thing of any relationship is keeping trust on each other. It is the base of relationship. If it is not there, then it can be difficult to live two person together. It is the trust which soften our relationship. Sometime this trust is tested by various incidents in our life. At that time, you may understand that how much keeping trust on each other is important.

Though trust is foundation, other things are also required to maintain good relationship. Mutual understanding comes first after trust. Most people positively think that mutual understanding is difficult. Those people are kind of who want to rule others. These people cannot enjoy benefits of mature relationship.

Mutual understanding requires a clear communication. If you speak clearly with you partner or friend or any relatives, then it is more possibility to be understood. In any relationship, speaking clearly should not involve egoistic language. Because we all have ego by nature. It prohibits us to speak with others gently. Keep yourself at the place of another person and you can find what difficulties he or she faces. Help her or him to solve problems if it is possible to you. Otherwise, express you inability honestly. That is called mutual understanding. It is essential for protect your trust.

Honesty in relationship is important. Your sincerity towards relationship is tested when you accept your mistakes. If you are prompt in accepting your mistakes, then others respect you. To respect each other is vital for long term relationship.

At the end, only love cannot create good relationship. It should be supplemented with trust, mutual understanding and honesty. All these things we have inherently and should be developed with sensible attitude if we want good-soft-relationship with others.

Boomeropia.com is a travel website designated to baby boomers.  Boomeropia doesn’t book vacations or ask for money.  It purely exists to inform and help inspire travelers of the baby boomer generation.  The focus of the website is “fun over fifty” and includes tips, travel experiences and advice.

The growing website has thirty informative categories for visitors to explore.  The categories range from culinary vacations and eco travel to glamping (glamorous camping).  There is even a category about volunteer vacations such as GSC (Global Service Corps), which sends baby boomers to Thailand and Tanzania for two-week vacation programs.  The meditation category showcases a variety of holistic retreats in locations as exotic as Nepal to domestic New Hampshire.  For the baby boomers who love flowers and nature the section on botanical tours will introduce you to Thailand’s Calypso Island and Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  A wide variety of vacationing ideas are mapped out in a simple “boomer-friendly” format. 

Boomeropia realizes the baby boomer generation is in the place of their lives where they are ready for luxury and fun.  The website’s authenticity differentiates itself from the rest of the pack because it doesn’t ask for anything, but gives information and advice freely.  Boomeropia is also interactive.  There are sections dedicated to readers’ input, advice, and personal travel experiences.

As our parents are aging they become more of a worry in the little details of life.  They become forgetful, however, that isn’t really just older parents as I sometimes have to make myself post it notes to remember the every day details of life.  It comes with age is what everyone seems to say. 

The most painful discussion in our household has been when to finally take the keys from our eighty-four year old father who is still very much in control of his facilities and stays very active in life and is in very good health.  He still lives by himself and can care for himself without the slightest bit of help.  The problem is his reaction times are slower and his driving has become somewhat of a problem.  He is still able to drive and we just worry that he is going to become involved in an accident as he is slower to respond and he gets frustrated in difficult traffic. 

The problem is that by taking away his keys we will be taking away a good part of his freedom and thus we are going to put him into a depression of sorts.  He is very capable right now of being independent and the question comes as do we take that away or wait it out and let him continue driving as it does not appear that he is going to stop on his own.

The other problem would that he would then have to rely on someone else to take him where he wants to go.  This would be a problem for him as he has always made his own way, perhaps he will come around but if not it is going to be a challenge to us all to finally have to say enough is enough and take them for his safety and others.