Stories, Gifts, Reflections, and Treasures Worth Keeping

Are you navigating life's next chapter—the losses, the changes, the unexpected joys?

I'm Joyce Reid—author, storyteller, gift curator, and believer in the quiet power of kindness.  Here you'll find reflections on aging, stories behind treasured things, cozy mysteries, and thoughtful gifts for life's tender moments.

My hope is that you'll discover something here worth keeping.

 

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One Day At a Time -- Recent Reflections

  • Grits, Eggs, and the Evolution of Friendship

    As I sat down in my chair on the patio and watched the ingredients in the bowl on my breakfast tray change from white to yellow, memories started flooding back. I had not eaten a … Read more

  • Reliving the Magic of Route 66 in the 1960’s

    The Town That Became Home: A Love Story with Route 66 and Flagstaff It was early March 1961. After spending the first five months of our married life in Washington DC, Ron had finished his … Read more

  • Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    “I hope in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you’re making mistakes, you’re trying new things, pushing yourself, changing yourself and your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before.” Neil Gaiman Every … Read more

  • Celebrating 84 Years of Living and Learning

    Celebrating 84 Years of Living and Learning It’s Taken Me 84 Years to Learn All This — And I Still Have a Ways to Go Eighty-four years ago on a Sunday morning in mid-September, my … Read more

  • The Girl With The Grandmother Face

    There are times when something makes you think of your own mortality.  One of these times was  when I read the other day that Steve Jobs died at age 56 but he lived life to … Read more

  • Memories From the Past

    Share Those Memories Before They Are Gone They will disappear with you! My mother made my dresses from chicken feed sacks. Not because she was creative — though she was — but because there was … Read more

Stories & Treasures Worth Keeping

Join me for occasional notes about aging with grace, treasured books and collectibles, thoughtful gifts, cozy mysteries, and the ordinary moments that make life meaningful.

If you believe life keeps offering new beginnings—no matter our age—you'll feel right at home here