Heather Rieder - Life Coach

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In Seattle, grandmothers raising kids have to rely on each other

06/03/2020

In a quest to shine a loving light on the present state of our world, the heart and soul of a grandmother is the same in all colors.

Hope you can take the time to read and appreciate this article.

You can find more reading like this on
www.realblackgrandmothers.com

https://crosscut.com/2020/01/seattle-grandmothers-raising-kids-have-rely-each-other?mc_cid=9a78d7211a&mc_eid=5d8e8b897b

In Seattle, grandmothers raising kids have to rely on each other For kinship caregivers raising another family member's children, state support lags behind assistance for foster parents.

05/05/2020

I was challenged to post 10 of my favorite album covers, 10 days in a row. (thanks Hance!)

And I'm sure many of you have seen this circulating around here on facebook. (anyone who is friends with my hubby will have seen his favorites!)

However, I'm going to put my own spin on this, well.....because I'm the type that doesn't like to always do things status quo....AND because I can honestly say that I have NEVER owned my own album...until about 10 years ago when Joe and I bought an LP playing unit and we skittered into the city to a vintage LP store and purchased a couple of oldies.

Growing up we owned one of those console record players that were common in that time. My mom played her '78's on there from time to time.

Three channels on the black and white telly and the only music I was exposed to before I was a teenager, was Tommy Hunter, Don Messer, and Lawrence Welk.....yikes!

And then.....The Beatles arrived on The Ed Sullivan Show!

Girls were screaming and fainting and I was glued to the set. I was only 6 years old at the time, so I was more enthralled with these crazy teens than I was with the music.....however.....that music somehow got into my heart. And as I aged, my interest became piqued by Elvis and the Herman's Hermit's and The Supreme's....all regulars on that Sunday night staple called The Ed Sullivan Show.

When I was about 12 or 13, my older sister came home with what I recall as being two albums.

Carol King Tapestry and The Best of The Guess Who.

Sadly, there was no needle in our old music box.

I don't quite know how I figured it out, but I got a stick pin and I discovered if I manually moved the turntable and held the pin in the groove....as it turned, I could hear the music!

Believe it or not....I learned all the words to both of those albums by leaning my ear down inside that pop up lid on the record player and physically turning those LP's.

You can ask Joe.....I know every word!

And then.....along came the 8 track player.

By then I had my own money and a boyfriend with a Craig Powerplay 8 track player in his Gremlin. (he's my husband now!)

It was obvious to purchase my music on 8 track cassette.

So you see, I have never actually owned a Album.

But.....music is a major staple of my life.

In the car, in the house, while I exercise, while I clean house, while I create......it is with me in good times and bad.

I love a diverse variety of tunes....depending on my mood.

So I won't be sharing my favorite Album covers, but I will tell you my top 10 albums that I have sung my face off to over my many years. They all bring back special memories....and so Hance...thanks for the memories!

Carol King Tapestry.....duh!
The Best of The Guess Who
April Wine Greatest Hits
Rod Stewart A Night on the Town
Little River Band Greatest Hits
Meatloaf Bat out of Hell
Sade Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Donna Summer Album...not sure of the title
Carpenter's Greatest Hits

I love music

And these are mostly my first loves.

But they will be my forever loves.

And if the music is good....you dance!

Hxxther

11/25/2019

In a world so focused on the visual.

On how we appear on the outside.

Our Insta posts.

Face-book.....sounds a little superficial don't you think?

If you are worrying right now about how you "look" for the holiday season....

Your body

Your face

Your house

My suggestion?

Focus on your actions.....

Your kindness

Your caring

Your forgiving

Then....then, your beauty will be seen.

Hxxther