Eclipse Blog

Monday nights are sacred at our house, Bachelor Mondays. Even our 3 year old knows on Mondays Mommy’s friends come over and watch Bachelor. Now do any of them even know who is on this season? No, Monday nights have nothing to do with the Bachelor; it’s all about a group of close friends getting together and catching up. I bet I could put on season 1 of the Bachelor and they wouldn’t even notice. Humans are social creatures, we need relationships and form them in a variety of ways. With living things- like friends, a partner or pet- or not- sport teams, tv shows, or books. I always refer to the OSU football team in the first person, I’ve invested enough time and energy I’m basically a member of the team. Go Pokes! These relationships are what make our lives full and happy and push us to be better....
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Right now, I dream of the day when I can just sit with nothing to do. Especially if I can make my kids take care of me and bring ME snacks and drinks all day. Retirement? Sign me up! You know what I don’t want to end up happening? Dylan having to help me off the toilet.  Age itself isn’t the main factor for adults going to assisted living facilities, it’s a loss of independence brought on by decreased activity. Kids grow up and leave, adults retire from work, they have fewer reasons to leave the house, so they don’t. They don’t get out, they don’t get up, they don’t MOVE; and that lack of movement leads to muscle atrophy making basic movements difficult. When someone tells me they can’t squat I ask “how do you get off the toilet?” That’s all it is. How do you get up off...
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