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Us worry? Why we do and how to stop!

Us worry? Why we do and how to stop!

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special For The Jewish LightPublished August 16, 2022

If there were a Richter scale for worry, most of us would be off the charts and in the record books. Yes, many have plenty to worry about—maintaining a roof over heads and keeping healthy, paying for the next meal or medications, holding down a job,...

Resilience may toughen us up, but it’s tough to master

Resilience may toughen us up, but it’s tough to master

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special For The Jewish LightPublished August 9, 2022

We all have resilience in different degrees. Just think about the past two-plus years. We all lived through a pandemic and adjusted to wearing masks, practicing social distancing, wiping off newspapers and groceries and mastering Zoom gatherings in lieu...

What we learned from watching Grey’s Anatomy

What we learned from watching Grey’s Anatomy

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished August 2, 2022

We’ve been watching lots of TV during the pandemic, some for pure enjoyment and entertainment and some to keep us abreast of news events. Among the longest running series we’ve sat through, Grey’s Anatomy has given us enough medical knowledge...

If we won the lottery

If we won the lottery

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished July 26, 2022

We’re a good team. We egg each other on and try to split everything 50/50. It’s always been part of our mostly unwritten deal whether it relates to work, earnings, praise, even criticism. We also try to share friends and that amorphous thing called...

Split the check? Dating conundrums in the era of gender parity

Split the check? Dating conundrums in the era of gender parity

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished July 14, 2022

Girls like cooking, dressing up, and being asked out; boys like sports, tinkering, and being in charge, which includes handling and investing the money. These are the messages most of us over 50 years of age grew up with. They remain firmly planted in...

How to get your way in any situation? Here's what we found works best

How to get your way in any situation? Here’s what we found works best

By BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished July 13, 2022

“My Way” was Frank Sinatra’s signature song and reflected his life’s ups and downs. But Sinatra did not have a corner on the “getting my way” market. That’s reserved for a special class of people. Some of us simply have a knack for getting...

Why do things we ignored when we were younger, bug us?

Why do things we ignored when we were younger, bug us?

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished July 5, 2022

We have good values for sure. Our parents brought us up well. We’ve learned from our other relatives, grown kids, friends and each other. We know what's important: it’s the health, safety, and happiness of our family members, dearest friends, and...

"How treating Bartonella cleared most of my son’s symptoms of autism"

“How treating Bartonella cleared most of my son’s symptoms of autism”

By Debbie Kimberg, Special For The Jewish LightPublished June 29, 2022

For years, I had no idea that I was infected with Lyme disease and related infections. There was nothing obvious, like pain or chronic fatigue. Instead, my symptoms were mild and crept up on me insidiously over my lifetime: anxiety, social anxiety, irritability,...

Spread compliments like confetti but don't hoard them

Spread compliments like confetti but don’t hoard them

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished June 28, 2022

When was the last time you received a compliment? For most of us, quite a while, maybe weeks or months even? Yet, it's so easy to pay a compliment. It doesn't cost a thing and makes the recipient feel oh, so good. And you create a better connection between...

How to find balance and joy in time of war, soaring gas prices and up and down market

How to find balance and joy in time of war, soaring gas prices and up and down market

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special For The Jewish LightPublished June 21, 2022

Who can think of having fun when we’re worried about Supreme Court decisions, frequent, random shootings, the continuing war in Ukraine, rents and gasoline prices soaring, interest rates rising, and the stock market plummeting? Do you get the drift?...

JWed launches JWedServices.com to help singles find their chosen one sooner

Published June 16, 2022

(JNSWire) Launched over 20 years ago and soon to reach the milestone of  4,000 marriages, JWed.com (website and App) is one of the leading online Jewish dating for marriage services. The services are exclusive for Jewish and marriage-minded singles...

Moments Across the Generations

Moments Across the Generations

Published June 15, 2022

When you’re past 50, and certainly 60 or 70 plus, some of us start feeling old. Make that really old at times. Yet, we’re still here on planet earth, which beats the alternative when we consider how many friends and relatives of our vintage we’ve...

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