Im Now Called A Senior Stories From The Heart

You are still alive ! Now what? Retirement not all it was cracked up to be? After being launched into earlier-than-wanted retirement, with the added bonus of a world pandemic, best-selling author Julie Sursok draws you right back into life. You will laugh out loud at her antics with her co-senior, Daryl. Profound and hilarious, dynamic and warm, I'm Now Called A Senior - Stories from the Heart delves into the fragility of the fourth quarter during a world pandemic and delightfully provides a wonderful mix of funny experiences, heart-warming moments and practical positive suggestions for seniors who have lost their why. It gloriously motivates seniors to rediscover, reinvent and repurpose their lives to find joy once again and achieve the best they can be. I'M NOW CALLED A SENIOR - Stories from the heart, covers it all. Be prepared to rollick through seniorhood and the perfect retirement. Read, now - you still have time.

This book is a wise, touching, heart-felt and honest commentary on life as it is lived in the senior years. It includes subject matter such as senior travels, senior moments, separate bedroom syndrome, medical checks, downsizing, technical faux pas etc. There are thought provoking chapters on the future and bucket lists and homeless. It is a book to help seniors feel relevant one again - quite safe in a like-minded community. It is for readers who feel isolated, irrelevant and have forgotten how to laugh. It is all about the journey of re-adjusting. And it is funny. Laugh-out-loud funny at times, chuckling funny at others, some wry, some understanding and some a little sad. This book is full of life, lived now by a so-called senior citizen.

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

4-H Stories from the Heart presents inspirational and heartfelt stories by 4-Hers, volunteers, and staff that will inspire, amuse, and bring back fond memories. For more than a century, the 4-H movement has touched the lives of millions of people, one experience at a time. You will read how over 60,000,000 people have learned to step up and lead in a complex and changing world. Don Floyd, President and CEO, National 4-H Council Reading these 4-H stories will warm your heart, help clear your head, remind you why we extend our hands to serve, and yes, provide you with healthy, wholesome laughter! These stories resonate and capture the essence of 4-H. Lisa Lauxman, Division Director, 4-H Youth Development, NIFA USDA This is an amazing collection of stories from all across the country. Some of the stories may sound familiar, while others will be new and unique. But all of these stories will touch your heart. Earl McAlexander, President, National Association of Extension 4-H Agents In a little over a century, 4-H has evolved from a program primarily designed for training rural youth in new agricultural technologies to the worlds largest youth development program. The 4-H experience creates amazing tales best told by those who lived them. 4-H Stories from the Heart offers a wide variety of stories by current and former 4-Hers, volunteers, and professionals; some as young as six years old and others eighty plus! The stories are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and often inspiring, but they all come from the heart. Learn how a teacher from a poor Mississippi school district leveraged a $1,0004-H grant to enable her students to change their world. Chuckle over Horse Vandal Strikes at the County Fair, Banned from the Barn, and Manure Happens. Discover how a dead chicken helped win a poultry contest, and why a new 4-H agent told his 4-Hers to steal canes from old folks. 4-H Stories from the Heart is a project of the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. Proceeds will be used to create an endowment for the National 4-H Hall of Fame that recognizes and celebrates those who have made a significant impact on 4-H from local to national levels.

One woman's account of her own roller-coaster ride into motherhood. Cathy Carode Lim finds herself overwhelmed, full of doubts and frustration, as she learns by trial and plenty of error how to raise two little girls. But even as she struggles, she also gradually becomes full of appreciation - not just for the tender moments with her own children, but also for the mother who, twenty-five years earlier, weathered the ups and downs and savored those same sweet moments with the little girl named Cathy.

This is a compilation of 35 English short stories written in the last one decade. Most of the stories have already been published in different ebooks, books and periodicals. The stories are mostly fictional, but very close to reality of our day-to-day life. Many of the stories have romantic background and most of those are basically based on failed love. However, some of the stories are based on contemporary social ethos

If you want your company to thrive, you need to break one of the oldest unwritten rules of leadership. Leaders in nearly every industry have learned to keep a professional "distance" between themselves and the people who report to them—to avoid getting too close or too personal. This unwritten rule of leadership is pervasive and quietly destructive, and, little by little, keeping ourselves at arm's length destroys trust, collaboration, and the very fabric of organizations. When Tom Gartland became president of Avis Budget Group, North America, he wanted the corporate culture to become more "open and connected"—so he started with himself. His message was "business is personal—very personal." As he grew closer and connected more with those he was leading, he became a more effective leader, and those around him were inspired to create unprecedented results. Tom found that when we truly open up and care about the people we work with, we can transform organizations into sanctuaries where people feel a deep connection to one another, a profound sense of being part of an important mission, and extraordinary engagement in their work. The result? Employees who feel valued generate exceptional profits. After applying this business philosophy at Avis, not only did Tom see an increase in employee morale, he also saw a significant increase in the company's bottom line. In Lead with Heart, Tom provides an unconventional approach to business leadership, including advice and strategies on how to open yourself up as a leader, recognize potential in your employees, and increase employees' trust in you and the company. Lead with Heart is the revolutionary leadership book that will help managers and employees at all levels grow their businesses by connecting, honestly and meaningfully, with the people they lead.

"A collection of African American family stories and traditional tales, compiled and brought to print by a master storyteller as she visited Missouri communities and participated in storytelling events over the last two decades"--Provided by publisher.