Category Archives: change

The Exercise We all Need to be Doing

Posted on September 16, 2020 by jyourist

Many years ago my sister and her wife bought me a punching bag for my birthday, an Everlast. It was gifted as a way for me to get some aerobic exercise especially in the cold winter months. We put it … Continue reading →

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Exposure

Posted on April 6, 2020 by jyourist

Since I retired, I have volunteered for Reading Between the Lines, an organization that leads discussion groups with the recently released from prison as well as people serving the last year or so of their sentences. These discussions are grounded … Continue reading →

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First dinner on the back porch

Posted on March 9, 2016 by jyourist

73 degrees on a Tuesday night! Time to open up the back porch. Time to come out of hibernation.

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Graceful about change

Posted on October 18, 2015 by jyourist

This weekend my sister and I talked with my mother about the request of her assisted living facility to move her to a new “neighborhood” within the facility, a memory enhanced unit. Mom has been declining, not just physically from … Continue reading →

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