Category Archives: Ideas – Relationships

Breath

Posted on 06/04/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

March 12 stopped my routine walks at the high school track. Today I was drawn there. Hope was happening. The graduating senior’s pictures were being posted on poles as you enter. Their bright faces moving into the future was joyous. There was … Continue reading →

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5 Fun things to do during a Pandemic

Posted on 03/21/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

(Never thought I’d write those words) THE VENTING WALL: People need to vent. Even little people. Dry erase, washable markers, water colors, or washable crayons work great on bathroom mirrors, tiles and sliding glass doors. You could make one a … Continue reading →

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Smelly Christmas

Posted on 12/22/2019 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

How do we capture memories? How do they imprint in our minds? It is from our emotional connections. All memory has an emotion tagged along with it. Emotions are triggered by our surroundings. If you wish to hold on to … Continue reading →

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Finding me in my past

Posted on 03/21/2019 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

My mother-in-law gave my husband and I one of the DNA kits. We spit in the box and it returned with a graph of our ancestors and where we came from. I wan’t planning on getting anything unexpected, my mother … Continue reading →

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Incredible People

Posted on 11/13/2018 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Last week I sat quietly tucked in a 100 acre wood of western Massachusetts with thirty something strangers. We came to a “retreat” away from the normal life we lived in Vietnam, Spain, Portugal, Poland, China, Jamaica, Iceland, Brazil, Bulgaria, … Continue reading →

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Random Acts of Kindness Week begins Feb. 11th!

Posted on 02/09/2018 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Think kind… Speak kind… Do kind… Feel kind… Share kind… Humans need kindness. Kindness Ideas with Kids Random Acts of Kindness

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35 years

Posted on 08/14/2017 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

My husband and me come from two different parts of the brain. This is how he has adapted with me, minus the cigarette… This is how I have adapted with him plus the vomits… We are celebrating a huge … Continue reading →

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Scrambled Egg Time!

Posted on 04/07/2017 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

This amazing little container can be a source for great fun besides tummy filling. It fits the palm of human hands so perfectly it makes us want to… yep, throw it. I admit, with my rambunctious, energetic family, I have actually … Continue reading →

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Snoring brings out my evil twin!

Posted on 02/06/2017 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

I am so clever to write a tongue-in-cheek blog post about my grandchild and his ability to torture his parents through lack of sleep. https://jennifercalvertedwards.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/why-fight-the-battle-of-wits/ I pat myself on the back for being wise and experienced about “handling” sleep deprivation … Continue reading →

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Story #10: Before it “Poofs” and floats away…

Posted on 12/12/2016 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Story # 10: In our community every single Christmas Eve evening we meet on a triangular hill that sits in the middle of three churches called God’s acre. A little wooden bandstand is set up and band players dressed up … Continue reading →

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