For People On The Road! Resource Guide For Trailers, 5th Wheels, MotorCoach. Trailer Living honors those folks who enjoy the freedom of being able to pick up and go whenever they wish. From trailer humor, trailer park living tips to useful RV, 5th wheel, motorcoach info to trailer parks and National parks information, RV cooking and so much more. We make trailer living and RV-ing hip, cool and fun.
in reference to: Trailer Life. RV, 5th Wheel, Motorcoach Resources. (view on Google Sidewiki)Sep 23, 2009
Trailer Life. RV Living
For People On The Road! Resource Guide For Trailers, 5th Wheels, MotorCoach. Trailer Living honors those folks who enjoy the freedom of being able to pick up and go whenever they wish. From trailer humor, trailer park living tips to useful RV, 5th wheel, motorcoach info to trailer parks and National parks information, RV cooking and so much more. We make trailer living and RV-ing hip, cool and fun.
in reference to: Trailer Life. RV, 5th Wheel, Motorcoach Resources. (view on Google Sidewiki)Mashup Resources For Living Life
Helpful blog on living life. Over 50 categories ranging from advice,useful techniques, humor, weird facts, travel,top 10 lists and more. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly...all is one place
in reference to: Tons Of Mashup Resources. Top 10 Lists Of Everything. (view on Google Sidewiki)Sep 3, 2009
Don’t Leave Surprises!
I wrote here a few weeks ago about my friend whose mother was nearing death. Not unexpectedly, that end came soon after I posted the blog entry. My friend was, and still is, feeling rather rough around the edges – that is expected. The grief remains strong and close to the surface – also expected. As another dear friend put it, grief never really goes away, it evolves, and we learn to deal with it in all of its guises. Time really is about the only solution. Loss of a parent is among the top five stressors of our life. In my friend’s case, probably it falls even closer to the top right now because his father had died several years ago. My friend has now assumed the role of “ancestor” – the one at the front of the line. A new and rather humbling role.
My friend has also had some time now to discuss his mother’s estate, with his brothers and with their counselor. His mother left a Will, but it was rather generic, and the unexpected came out during the conversations. Another brother had been assuming that certain concessions would be made for him because he was seen as the primary care-taker of his mother during the declining years. He had thought that certain debts would die with his mother. But those concessions were not spelled out in her Will. His brothers beg to differ on his expectations, and so, along with dealing with the death of their mother, they are now also dealing with an increasing animosity amongst themselves at just the moment when they really should be holding each other close and sharing their pain and loss. My friend’s new motto – Don’t Leave Any Surprises!
I am certain our own Springboard experts would agree wholeheartedly! A Will is an act of love. A clearly articulated Will is an act of supreme love. We all know we are going to die, and planning for that eventuality is the ultimate act of kindness to those we love the most.
Do you have your own end-of-life plan in place? Do your parents? It can be a difficult conversation, and Springboard’s team of compassionate professionals is aware of that and prepared to help you get it started and keep it going. Don’t leave surprises for your loved ones!
Springboard's™ programs and services are designed for you, regardless of where you are in life's journey. We invite you to explore and share our resources with employers, groups, organizations, professionals or anyone supporting others through a transition. Visit us today at http://www.launchingnewlives.com/
Aug 19, 2009
Hospital waiting rooms
Heaven’s waiting room…
A dear close friend received the word today that we “children” always dread. Mom is in a coma, we’re terribly sorry, sir, there’s not much we can do but wait… and even though the end is a blessing – his mother has been lingering for a long while – the fact of the finality is still hard to accept. My heart goes out to my friend.
We spend so much of our lives thinking our parents are indomitable; with advances in medical care and general health, more often than not we reverse our roles and we children become the caretakers of our parents. That caretaking is fraught with hurdles and pitfalls. Are you ready to take on this role?
Please come by our Springboard website to see how we can help you find the best options, create positive opportunities, for you and your parents in the coming weeks, months and years.
Springboard's™ programs and services are designed for you, regardless of where you are in life's journey. We invite you to explore and share our resources with employers, groups, organizations, professionals or anyone supporting others through a transition. Visit us today at http://www.launchingnewlives.com/
Jul 26, 2009
Using Life's Lessons
From Margaret Rush, The Springboard Group, Inc.
"Students learn what they care about...," Stanford Ericksen has said, but Goethe knew something else: "In all things we learn only from those we love."
Add to that Emerson's declaration: "the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil", and we have a formula something like this: "Students learn what they care about, from people they care about and who, they know, care about them . . ." Barbara Harrell Carson, 1996, Thirty Years of Stories
Life is a constant learning process, which makes each of us a student.
Lessons can be big, bold and neon-lit, or they can be small, shadowed and barely noticeable until sometime down the path. Transitions are big, bold, neon-lit crash courses in life lessons, and being open to those lessons can make the learning so much easier.
Springboard looks for ways to clear the path, and caring people to teach and guide the student to the most positive outcome.
Sometimes the lessons are easily absorbed, sometimes … not so much. But our valued customers (the students) approach us for lessons, and our added value is to provide the compassion and expertise of professionals. Come learn with us!
Springboard's™ programs and services are designed for you, regardless of where you are in life's journey. We invite you to explore and share our resources with employers, groups, organizations, professionals or anyone supporting others through a transition. Visit us today at http://www.launchingnewlives.com/
Lemons
From Margaret Rush, The Springboard Group, Inc.
You know that old saw? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
Divorce certainly counts as lemons – large bags of them. It is a major life transition. A highly charged, emotional transition. Going from a we/us relationship to a me/I solo journey. It can be a souring experience. And in the midst of that emotional cloud, we are expected to make some of the most challenging, consequential decisions of our lives. Decisions about finances, now and into the future; decisions about how to care for our children, if we have any; decisions about working, or not…
Because I didn’t have Springboard™ at my disposal at the time of my divorce, my strategy was simply “patience”. Every time my husband submitted a proposal that was unacceptable, my lawyer and I just replaced the offending language with what I could tolerate and sent it back; literally, we cut and pasted the same paragraphs from our original draft into the most recent version submitted by my husband and his attorney. Because I was on a squeaky-tight budget and had spent 20 years in the paralegal field, my lawyer was lenient with me, allowing me to do most of my own drafting and simply reviewing the changes for enforceability. After two years of having exactly the same agreement put back in front of him, two years of paying his own lawyer to review exactly the same document, my husband finally realized that he was going to have to give a little. The Springboard Group would have helped me move the process along rather more expediently.
Visit us and let’s get started on your transition! Our dedicated team at Springboard has the tools, resources and expertise to help you make the best lemonade possible out of that bag of lemons!
Springboard's™ programs and services are designed for you, regardless of where you are in life's journey. We invite you to explore and share our resources with employers, groups, organizations, professionals or anyone supporting others through a transition. Visit us today at http://www.launchingnewlives.com/
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