Travels

J Rainey Page believes we’re all fellow travelers on a parallel path. And although we have unique bends and twists along the way, our travels open our minds and hearts, and we realize…

“We’re all just walking each other home.” – Ram Dass

As we travel, let’s bring love, patience, positivity, and curiosity, and always gather lots of pictures and stories.

Friendship and Time

National Friendship Day is the first Sunday in August. I couldn’t let that day go by without a blog of love and gratitude in honor of my friends. Old friends from the past reside in my heart. New friends in the future keep my heart open. But this group here

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Dreams are like Butterflies

Dreams? What are yours? They can be so different for each of us, but yet so much the same.  This month, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa achieved a new dream! They’re grandparents of a little girl, Lily Harper.   This is a perfect example of how dreams will change as the

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Summer + Youth = Freedom

Summer and youth, the best days of freedom. I remember waking up under a blanket of sunny, blue skies thinking, “What will I do today?”  Could I have used my time more wisely? Probably. But grownups are often busy toiling away, and time never returns. So why not enjoy the

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Flip Flop Season

It’s July! Are you wearing your flip flops these days? If yes, life is good.  Yet life can feel flip flopped. I don’t always recognize the world or the United States of America lately. It seems the shoe doesn’t fit like it used to.    Or, what we once knew went

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More Dads Staying Home

The landscape of stay-at-home parents is changing. It’s always evolving. Here are the numbers.   In 1967, 49% of mothers were stay-at-home mothers.  In 1989, 10% of stay-at-home parents were fathers. In 1999, 23% of mothers stayed home with their children.  In 2012, 29% of mothers stayed home.  In 2016, 17%

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Road Trip Season

Driving off into the sunset soon? I believe there’s nothing like the carefree adventure of a good road trip.  You may wonder why you would go on a road trip with so many “better and faster” ways to get there? Well, here’s why! “Getting there is half the fun!”  National

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