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“Senior Moments” by Jan Fowler
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Jan Fowleris author of the best-selling book,
Submitted by “Hot Chocolate for Seniors”(winner of na-
Jan Fowler tional & international awards); winner of Gold
Jan Fowler Halo Award from the So.California Motion
I recently had the good fortune of Picture Council for Outstanding Literary
receiving homemade soups and other Achievement; winner of First Place Excellence
in Journalism Award (SPJ –Southern CA);
nourishing donations of food from Town & Gown “Phenomenal Woman”Award;
friends and neighbors who were former television host & KSPA radio host of
concerned for me because I was “Senior Living at its Best with Jan Fowler”;
uncharacteristically home with the flu speaker, contributing author for“Savvy Women
for more than two weeks. Yesterday, Revving Up for Success”; founder of Starburst
however, I finally felt well enough to Inspirations, Inc. 501(c) (3) nonprofit which
gather up all the bowls, trays, and soup supports Redlands Drug Court.
kettles which I had accumulated and www.janfowler.com. Jan welcomes
return them to my caring friends. But I feedback and comments about her columns
knew that I couldn’t return them and invites you to leave her a message on
her website.
empty, yet I had nothing suitable on
hand to fill them with. So I headed for
Trader Joes, known for their colorful who received flowers socialized more
April celebration of springtime plants with friends, neighbors, and even with the
and flowers, where I bought each medical and religious staff. One study at New Medicare Cards
friend a bright and beautifully-potted Rutgers University reported that 72% of Until April 2019
pink or yellow tulip plant complete the 100 senior citizens involved who
with colorful paper, ribbons, and bows. received flowers performed very high on DON’T FALL FOR A SCAM.
Then I placed one brightly-colored memory tasks compared with senior
plant inside each soup bowl or pot citizens who were not flower-recipients. NEW MEDICARE CARDS BEGAN
which I needed to return. It has also been noted that the problem- TO ROLL OUT IN APRIL 2018
Well, I can’t begin to tell you how solving skills and creative performance of
happy it made each of my neighbors workers have been enhanced when their ~ NO ONE WILL CALL YOU ~
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and how they burst into joyous smiles workplace settings were accented by SOCIAL SECURITY OR NEW
and heartfelt thanks the moment they plants and flowers. MEDIC ARE NUMBER UNLESS
were handed the unexpected surprise Throughout history, Chinese healers YOU INITIATED THE CONVERSA-
of a bright and cheery colorful plant. have upheld the belief that flowers could TION
Over the years, flowers have become be used to evoke whatever emotion you Hot Chocolate Sample of New Card Below
a symbol of love, beauty, affection, desire and that the true secret lies in the for Senior Romance ~
romance, and emotional endearment, flower’s color. The belief is that each color How Sweet It Is!
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husbands, wives, daughters, sons, waves, thereby setting off a chain reaction How, When, and Where
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Most of us would agree that flowers stimulate hormones such as adrenaline, or
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