by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2026 | Aging, Lifestyle Choices
From my social media posts 1/28/2023: After my serendipitously free iced decaf latte experience yesterday I visited with an elderly lady, Ms. Bernie Shotts, I see once a week to help with a few tasks that have gotten beyond her. I helped her pay some bills, took her...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 19, 2026 | acceptance, action, Aging, change, home, Uncategorized
From 1/19/22 CBB: Icopied this from another page. It reminded me of many stories shared here . . . And the months it took for my own downsizing a year ago. I know there will be at least 1 more downsize, maybe 2 if I live long enough….then the final...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 7, 2026 | Aging, listening, loneliness, Ministry
I do a lunch delivery run for home bound seniors once a month. It’s nice chatting with folks , getting to know a bit about them,, the other people serving them, praying with them. Today was my delivery day. I had a new man and wife added, but I realized 2 individuals...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 14, 2025 | affirmation, Aging, crafts, family, Gifts, grandmother, Granny Boyd, Gratitude
When I was a teenager, my paternal grandmother crafted a quilt for each of her grandchildren, with the help of her sister, Aunt Omi. She hung a large quilting frame from the ceiling in her cozy den area adjacent to her spacious kitchen. I fondly remember seeing them...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | Aging, Comfort, pets, Uncategorized, writing
My little Bitsy Shih Tzu is so smart…she makes me laugh! I decided she and I would share a diced apple for breakfast, one of our usual travel treats. And I thought, “I’ll just start with the apple bits here at the kitchen table to give her the two syringes of cardio...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2024 | Aging, growth
I tore through my teens, racing eagerly to do “life!” I trudged through my 20’s finishing college, getting married, having babies, starting a career…… all the things that “adulting” demanded and, at 29, believed I was a failure at...
