In 2017, John and Ann Betar celebrated their 85th wedding anniversary at the ages of 106 and 102, in Fairfield, Connecticut among family and friends. The celebration included the presentation of a Ford Roadster, the model car in which John Better took Ann Shawah on their first date. Can you believe it? Eighty-five years together. […]
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Judge Less, Love More
Everyone has their own story. Everyone is following their own unique path. Everyone struggles. Everyone has triumphs. Everyone succeeds at something. Everyone has encountered failure. Here is a story that will make you think before judging too quickly: A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He […]
Keep Olivia Newton-John In Your Prayers
Olivia Newton-John has revealed she is again battling cancer, her third diagnosis in three decades. She said in a recent interview that she is treating the cancer with “modern” medicines and natural remedies. The Grease actress, who faced breast cancer in 1992, secretly fought a reemergence of the same disease in her shoulder in 2013. […]
Each Day Is A New Beginning
All of us, at times, carry over worries from the day before into the present day. We may be worried about something going on in the family, our children may have something going on, a friend may be sick, you may have lost a loved one, work may be causing us to worry…the reasons for […]
But, Officer…!
Hello, My Friends. I hope you are having a great weekend! I hope this gives you a little chuckle for your day. Sitting on the side of the highway, waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. He thinks to himself, “This driver is just as […]
Six Things About Secretariat
If you’re reading this, you may already think that Secretariat was the greatest horse of all time. I’ve read things about him over and over again and I never tire of learning things about him. What an amazing athlete. I don’t believe there will EVER be another horse like him. The Owner. Secretariat’s owner was a […]
Chuck Norris Takes Action, Says Wife Was Poisoned
Actor and martial artist, Chuck Norris, claims a contrasting agent used in his wife’s MRI poisoned her and made her very sick. He and his wife, Gena, are suing several health-care companies, claiming Gena was poisoned by a chemical used during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Chuck and Gena Norris claim that a metal used […]
Admit It When You Are Wrong
It’s hard for me to be around people who can’t admit that they’re wrong. I can’t sympathize or empathize with them. Saying a simple “I’m sorry” or “What I did was wrong” isn’t who they are. When a person has this characteristic, they also have another characteristic: they aren’t successful. They aren’t successful in their […]
Slow Down And Relax This Labor Day
So, Monday is Labor Day. The day we are supposed to slow down, take it easy and relax. How many of you have started a “to-do” list for all the things you want to get done on your “off” day? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of Labor Day? I had started a list. I was […]
Keep Tom Selleck In Your Prayers
Thomas William Selleck is known for starring as private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum P.I. (1980-1988) and Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady. Before that, he had a recurring role as Lance White, the likable and naive partner of Jim Rockford (played by […]