Losing it!

"Time to Remind" is my new blog and I know others are in this same boat. As we go through life, we lose all sorts of things along the way.
We lose our childhood innocence and eventually a little of our sense of wonder as we grow up; and then we start losing other things like: our homework, our car keys, and our virginity!

When kids come along, we also lose a lot of our freedom. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. With children comes a fulfilling sense of purpose as we learn to nurture and care for others.
But when the kids grow up and move out of the house, some parents lose that sense of purpose.

Having an "empty nest" always meant that my husband and I would finally have time to do new things, like: reading, traveling, taking some fun courses at the senior center, and actually having time to exercise mind and body. Now that I've almost got that nest emptied out... (one son keeps coming back frequently...), I'm getting concerned about the biggest loss of all.

We've started to lose the car keys again, and I dread the day when we lose our ability to drive the car. Once a grownup child decides Dad is no longer able to handle a car, we lose our freedom to go places when we want and there goes our independence. That's the greatest loss I can think of.

Before that time comes, it's time to figure out ways to remain independent. There are lots of helpful tools that work.

When I need to do important things, I've always used reminders. I'll tell you about some of them here.