by AJ | Sep 13, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
In gathering information for our book on “What Your Family Needs to Know…” we discovered early on that we could learn more by engaging people in casual conversation rather than through the formal interview process. So we talked to cab drivers, waiters,...
by AJ | Sep 13, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
As 5 and 6 year olds, we idolized our neighborhood hero, Charlie, as King of the Mountain. After all he was 11 so he knew all the important things. Charlie showed us where the best mango trees were deep in the valley and how to find the best guava along the streams....
by AJ | Sep 13, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
People welcome one another in many different ways. Hand shake, curtsy, bow, toe tap, elbow bump. In Hawaii, the local custom is a big Aloha hug. Everybody gets a loving embrace: aunties, uncles, keikis, tutus, cousins, friends, guests, visitors, strangers…it’s a...
by AJ | Sep 13, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
Received a thank you note from someone who had just purchased a copy of our book “ LOVE NOTES TO MY FAMILY & FRIENDS “ Her family had just gone through an experience watching family loved ones refuse to speak to one another because they could not agree on how to...
by AJ | Sep 13, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
Years ago I had the opportunity to collaborate with attorney David C. Larsen, noted author of “Who Gets It When You Go?” and the companion volume “You Can’t Take It With You!” We put together a seminar on charitable giving which explained a unique way to raise funds...
by AJ | Sep 13, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
A discussion about death is so uncomfortable that we can’t even bring ourselves to acknowledge the taboo. We pretend it does not exist. Until we are confronted head on with a gut wrenching tragedy. Then the question hits us squarely without warning- would we rather...