Nellie Symm Gruender

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Travel is so much fun when you get to share it with your life partner. Making plans, deciding where to go and choosing where to stay can be...

ART – the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination Even the least creative and unimaginative person can love. There is an art to it and...

Illness: A disease or period of sickness of the body or mind Chronic or life-threatening illnesses can have a profound affect on intimate relationships. There is suddenly a...

In 2000 my mom, Ida Reynolds, suffered a fall that led to the amputation of her leg. Being wheelchair bound in her home, which had numerous stairs, was...

Two Generations All-Girl Weekend For the second year my best friend of 35 years, Gaylen Tips, and I joined with my daughter-in-law Sarah Symm, and her good friend...

Again- adverb a- ‘gen, – ‘gin, -‘gan For another time : one more time By Nellie Symm Gruender When Gene and I met, he was 47, and I...

By Columbia Home Blogger & Contributing Writer, Nellie Symm Gruender Reflections From the Class of 1969 Over the last weekend I had the opportunity to attend my 45th...

(Flurt) To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures. (Fight) To engage in a quarrel; argue. The flirt Almost every relationship starts with flirting. It’s an enticing look or...

Today, we celebrate Father’s Day. My dad died in 1992, but there are few days that I don’t think about him and the impact he had on my...

Twenty-one years ago when I met Gene, he had a dream of quitting his job and sailing to tropical destinations. Before long, it became my dream too. Gene...