Life has taught Jere to go with the ebb and flow of what each day brings and to focus on her own wellness so that her cup runs over. Her focus is to remain a kind, loving, giving person while remembering her inner strength, boundaries, and gratitude. Her deepest passions are family/community, art, travel, books, and food!
“In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths.” Betty Eadie
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Unlikely Couple
I lived the first half of my life trying to live according to whatever I was “supposed to do”. My older brother was charming, handsome, and most importantly, male. My younger sister was fiercely independent with a bigger-than-life personality. I was the mousy,...
Recent Stories
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Chapter 4. Challenges and CelebrationsThose times were BP, Before Penicillin, and there were a number of serious childhood illnesses, which were expected for most children, like rites of passage. I only know from being told that my first severe illness, which had to have included some pain, was a kidney infection when I was just a baby. I don’t know how this was treated, but the after-effects would follow me into my teens due to my mother’s lifelong concern for my plumbing […]
Chapter 3. Coping With Change1943 – The shelves in German stores may have […]