Reflecting on Simply Communicate’s recent birthday, I was struck by the importance of milestones. When we were young, every month counted: ‘I’m five AND A HALF.’ ‘I’m NEARLY SIX.’ We seem to be …
Nine years old and flying
It's our BIRTHDAY! Simply Communicate is NINE YEARS OLD TODAY!! What has filled your last nine years? Joys and sorrows, struggles and (hopefully) success – and some stories to write home …
Milestones
Winnie Mandela turned 80 in September. I’m not sure how important that was to my readers, but I am happy to announce that, at the other end of the scale, Simply Communicate turned four in the same …
Is Retirement The End or a New Beginning?
We were blessed to be able to celebrate a 90th birthday this month. My father turned 90 on 3 March 2016. Since my mother is only a couple of years behind him, and both have all their faculties (if not …
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Birthdays and milestones
Simply Communicate celebrated its second birthday on 1 September 2014. (The balloons in the picture were for my own birthday celebrated a couple of weeks earlier.) I wrote what follows in my September …