by Linda Gullo | Mar 30, 2016 | Self Development
Do you finish what you start? So many students get close to the end of a project and don’t finish it. Homework assignments get tossed aside and incomplete. They land at the bottom of a book bag or locker. Unless someone pushes the student, things slip. ...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 29, 2016 | Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle
Every week I see on Facebook, friends who are disgruntled about returning to work and feel badly for them. For me, I look forward to Mondays. It means a week of opportunities and growth. And it calls us to have a new vision. To put behind us what didn’t...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 26, 2016 | Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle
Six years ago, when our dog was a young puppy, she was enticed by something under one of our apple trees. I saw from a distance what looked like a small body laying there and thought it may have been a dead rabbit. I called to her. She thankfully responded to me...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 25, 2016 | Self Development
“One little, two little, three little Indians” is a rhyme that we use to teach children to count. The tune is a catchy one and has survived many generations. We learn many things through catchy phrases and remember products for their catchy jingles....
by Linda Gullo | Mar 24, 2016 | Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle, Self Development
My husband and I enjoy working puzzles together. Each piece of course, completes a element of the picture. We begin with a frame and connect each section. That is true in our lives too. We don’t jump from the age of one to 30 without certain things taking...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 23, 2016 | Self Development
I remember well after my parents died that someone remarked about how lucky I was to inherit their stuff. That was way back in the early 80’s and I still recall how I felt. My parents died 90 days apart so my feelings of emptiness and loss were intense. I...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 23, 2016 | Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle, Self Development
Onion Skins How sensitive are you to criticism? The children were all playing when one of them got pinched by a little boy! Of course, he ran away quickly. Suddenly the tears began to flow on the little girls face. Bullying can happen at any age and it...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 20, 2016 | Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle, Family Times
Living the Dream . . . So often I hear the line, “Living the Dream” and I wonder if people are saying it sarcastically or with reverence. Living each day fully and with wonderful housing, food, education, and responsibilities is living the dream to me. ...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 18, 2016 | Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle, Self Development
Variety is the “Spice of Life” Whenever we ate, Mom always offered us foods of different colors. A brightly colored fruit, a yellow or green veggie, a protein, and a carb would be served. I recall our plates of food looking inviting and tasting great. A...
by Linda Gullo | Mar 17, 2016 | Self Development
The Old Game of “Telephone” Do you remember the old telephone game where one individual says something into another persons ear? They in turn repeat the message to another person. The message goes from one to another around the room until it comes back...
