by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 16, 2022 | Aging, self care
The risk associated with staying up too late engaged in a project: Hearing things that go “bump” in the night. About 11pm last evening I heard what sounded like a gunshot. It’s not all that unusual to hear gunshots up here with woods all around the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 27, 2022 | Aging, God's will
From 9/27/2014….. “I am one blessed woman…….At the end of the day, this one has been quite happy and productive. I am so grateful for the blessing of family, friends, students, God’s call on my life and having the strength and desire to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 22, 2022 | Aging, Ministry
For a year and a half I led a group of women who went twice a month on Tuesday afternoons to spend an hour telling humorous stories, singing songs and visiting with residents at Mathison Retirement Center.. This is a report from our visit on 7/22/2014: We (4 Merry...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 1, 2022 | Aging
In December 2021 I visited an elderly lady, Jo Pate, in a local assisted living center. She and my mother had been friends 2decades ago. Bill and I had known her husband, Stan, when they lived in Selma and we had each called on him when he was a buyer for a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 1, 2022 | Aging
Written in response to the April 12 Seedbed Daily Text on membership in the “elder class:” I am 68. I have a few arthritic joints and my eyesight isn’t the best (but I look forward to when my ophthalmologist tells me my cataracts are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 17, 2022 | Aging, healing
Barbara Bush died three years ago. Dr. Marc Siegel, calling Barbara Bush a pioneer, observed that she led the way in choosing well for end-of-life considerations. “When do you conclude you’ve come to the end of your life? There are questions and more questions....
