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Sounds absolutely glorious!

Thanks, Happystuff. Yes, it's a painful situation. This discussion has helped me realize that I need to be pro-active for my own well being and not expect the church leadership or anyone else to do...

Thank you for the thoughtful replies. I appreciate what everyone has said. It is an hour and a half long service and my options for separation and distancing are limited.

The pastor has not...

My church does not have a vaccine requirement, but we do require that everyone wear a mask and distance.

We are located in a major metro area where there is a high rate of transmission now with...

Great, Yppej, then you can probably afford to send $20!

I accidentally voted for Masks. I meant Vaccines.

--- There are definitely obligations that are not real, true obligations -- more like expectations that may or may not be realistic or reasonable.

---In our case, this is a true obligation of the...

I calculated fairly generously for retirement expenses, hoping to do a lot of travel and subscribe to some cultural events with good seats. Covid hit, cancelling travel and cultural events -- but a...

Such an interesting discussion. To anyone under age 60 who is balancing work-life and finances: my experience is that it is very hard to predict what your body and your emotions will do as of age 65...

Ewomack: Check out Alliance Francaise in other states -- Atlanta is cheaper than New York! And look at Meetups. Good luck!

This is a brilliant suggestion.

Sorry to be so tardy in replying.

Yes, I really recommend live, human lessons -- online, via Zoom. Google <Alliance Française> -- you will find chapters in many states. They all offer French...

The pandemic hit soon after I retired. I spent the first few months doing a lot of phone calls and zooms with my other retired friends, and that was nice, but most of these friendships involved doing...

Thanks, sounds good -- I want to try to improve myself as long as I live. I'll look into this!

Teacher Terry made one of the best comments here -- she mentioned moving to a neighborhood where they wouldn't be dependent on a car. You want to be able to function without your own car well before...

Dear Terry, I'm so sorry for all your losses. The grief we feel when we lose someone is the price we pay for caring and loving others. It can be a heavy price.

As I get older I feel these losses...

Kib: I think 6 months is a reasonable and even optimistic guess. A reliable vaccine must be in place for people to be able to safely congregate -- and not just in place, but manufactured, rolled out,...

Hugs to Teacher Terry and DH. My DH's ex died of cancer about 10 years ago. Similar situation--she had treated DH very badly and had very few people in her life to provide companionship. We did what...

Hello Friends,
I've been helping with my church's Capital Fund Campaign. We need to have this campaign in order to pay for building repairs. We've consulted with our diocese's fund raising...

So so hard when the mind goes. I truly feel for everyone dealing with a family member who has Alz. It's so fortunate that you and your sister are close and able to communicate so well.

Wow, that was a big ask for someone who was not family.

Coming in late to this wonderful discussion. Just wanted to encourage anyone who's reading this to give yoga a try. Often best to start with Gentle Yoga or Hatha Yoga or a class that is specifically...

Sounds interesting!

Did they give you training, oldhat, or did you get some curriculum materials from the organization?

These are great ideas, KayLR. I'll think about how to adapt some of that for the small group context.