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LARRY POTTER
Retirement is really just an invitation to become the very best version of you.
Last Best Bite
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't–you're right. Those who are fearless, never grow old." Henry Ford
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...
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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...
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Jumping Out Of a Perfectly Good Plane At 14000 FT; Living Life To The Fullest Or Stupid?
"Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.” That was a quote from Dr....
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A Fun Country Music Evening At The Boot Barn In Gainsville
A Fun Country Music Evening At The Boot Barn . Who would have thought a few years ago that a '70s rock CCR kind of guy would spend...
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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...
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Being Vain Can Lead To Dementia, Seclusion, Depression, And Missing Out On Good Times.
"I'm not going to restaurants anymore, I can't hear with all the background noise." "No more day trips for me, I can't hear with all the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Last Week It Was A Desert; This Week It's Paradise.
The week before last our adventure took us to the desert landscape of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a breathtaking sunset train ride. This...
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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...
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SUPERLIFERS: Two Teachers Learning How To Stay Young
“ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young .” (Henry Ford) It's not our age...
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"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...
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Why Do We Enjoy Before And After Pictures So Much?
Haven't you enjoyed seeing all the graduation pictures alongside their first-day-of-school pictures 13 years before? Why is that? For me,...
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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...
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Retirement is your opportunity to become the very best version of yourself! That's Not Going To Happen By Staying Home.
Nobody likes an Agatha Christie's "Poirot" murder mystery more than I do. However, staying home and watching episode after episode will...
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If you are over 60 and eat out, reading this blog in its entirety will change how you see your server and just maybe break your heart... in a good way.
What's Becoming Of This Younger Generation? If you are a baby boomer, you have probably asked that question at some point. Last week,...
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Coming From A Slightly OCD Perfectionist... Never Pass Up An Opportunity To Make A Mess!
I am sure our grandkids will not have fun memories of how neat and clean Nana and Papaw's house was. I am sure our grandkids will...
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I love Waking Up To Surprises
I love it when I wake up to surprises! I went to bed with one grandchild... Malachi. Woke up to find Isaac and Layla in the other...
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