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REFLECTIONS ON AGING WELL
A Retirement Lifestyle Blog for Living Your Best Life After 60
Life Is About Relationships.
When you think about the best times of your life, don't they usually include others? Relationships are crucial to a healthy, happy, and purpose-filled life; relationships with family, friends, and the creator of relationships, our Lord, Jesus.
Because making new friends, and nurturing the ones we have, this entire page is about relationships.
On This Valentine's Day, I Am Reminded Of How Much Jean Loves Me
Nearly 50 years ago she told me about Jesus, and then for the next 48 years she showed Me, Jesus. Happy Valentine's Day everyone.
Larry Potter
Feb 14, 20251 min read
Valentine's is the one day of the year we show them we love them with gifts. The other 364 days, we show them by what we do.
Ladies, you will thank me in advance for what I am about to share. Men, you probably will not until you see the results. Today is the...
Larry Potter
Feb 9, 20251 min read
We Showed Our Kids How To Live Life Well, Now It's Time To Show Them How To "Finish Life Well"
AS OUR KIDS WERE GROWING UP, we were responsible for teaching them the importance of saying “thank you” and “please.” We encouraged them...
Larry Potter
Feb 6, 20258 min read
How to Look Younger, Stay Happy, and Remain Connected at 89
This month's trip back home to see my Mom in Tennessee was even more fun than usual because we celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday (I...
Larry Potter
Jan 16, 20252 min read
How My Calendar Keeps Me From Being Stressed, Gets the Grandkids To Come Over, Keeps Me Healthy, Improves My Social Life, and Saves Me A Bunch Of Money
If you are one o f every three people who use a wall calendar, today you will need to run out and pick up a 2025 calendar. Why? Regardless of age, whether you use paper planners, go digital like me, or use any combination, it will most likely not get done if you don't put it on a calendar . Relying solely on memory often leads to important things slipping through the cracks. It doesn't matter what you say your priorities are; your calendar reveals the truth about what is i
Larry Potter
Dec 31, 20242 min read
“The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life” Esther Perel
I look forward to my Monday morning men’s group, which is made up of mostly retired but still very active Christian businessmen,...
Larry Potter
Dec 31, 20241 min read
If All Our Friends Look, Act, and Think Like Us, Research Says, To Live A Longer And Better Life We Need To Make Some New Friends
Being an extrovert for most of my life and married to an introvert for forty-seven years, I consider myself an expert on both. My wife,...
Larry Potter
Oct 24, 20244 min read
Like Drinking From The Fountain Of Youth...Hanging With Teens!
What a great time we had yesterday at lunch with Layla (our granddaughter) and Riley, her boyfriend. They are so much fun to be with....
Larry Potter
Oct 21, 20241 min read
Larry Potter
Oct 20, 20240 min read
The Most Important Factor In Living A Healthy, Happy, And Purpose-filled Life... And Where To Find It!
Our social connections lead to a longer life, better health, and overall well-being.
Larry Potter
Sep 14, 20242 min read
When Are You Proud, Happy, Excited, And Heart Broken, All At The Same Time?
On the day your 18-year-old grandson goes off to college 7 hours away. As he is leaving today for Southeastern University in Florida, I...
Larry Potter
Aug 14, 20241 min read
Giants Don't Stop Coming At You When You get older. They Just Come At You In Different Ways.
Looking back on my younger years, I see the giants I have conquered for the most part: selfishness, greed, lust, and anger. I am not...
Larry Potter
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Eat Out A lot? A Simple, Generous Way Of Tipping While Still Being A Good Steward With Your Money
About every 3 or 4 months I indulge myself with a “Hook and Ladder” from Firehouse Subs. A couple of weeks ago I ordered one through my...
Larry Potter
Jul 26, 20243 min read
What Every Grandchild Needs From Their Grandparents... And Malachi's Road Trip To Mamaw's
According to some experts, such as Bobb Biehl in his book, "Decade By Decade", for the first ten years of every child's life, it's...
Larry Potter
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Three Words That Just Might Get You A Bigger Dessert. Wednesday They Got Me 6 Bags Of Free Mulch
Over the years, whenever I went out to eat with friends, they always wondered how I managed to get more breadsticks, bigger salads, and...
Larry Potter
Jul 5, 20242 min read
Today We Celebrated The Birth Of Our Country; Where Families Are Free To Gather, Pray, Eat, and Laugh.
Everyone usually tries to come to Nana's and Papaw's once a month for our family meal. Today, being the 4th of July made it even more...
Larry Potter
Jul 5, 20241 min read
At 98 Degrees Golf Is Not For Wimps... Yet, My 5th Time Ever Playing And I Scored 68!
I have played golf 5 times in my life, three of those times in the last month with my kids. I ended up with a blister on my hand, and...
Larry Potter
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Single, Over 60, Interested In Starting A Dating Relationship? Know Someone Who is? This Could Be A Game Changer!
I have a lot of single friends, both men and women, who are over 60. Believe it or not, for most of them, "getting married" is not on...
Larry Potter
Jun 19, 20242 min read
"Dad, Jesus just spoke to me and told me you will walk me down the aisle."
My fourteen-year-old daughter screamed those words as she came running out of her room. It was on the morning after I told her I had...
Larry Potter
May 31, 20241 min read
A Mother's Love Shown Through A Pepsi.
Fridays were always special at our house for several reasons. Mom and Dad got paid. We went grocery shopping and always had something...
Larry Potter
May 12, 20241 min read
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