Thank you for reading the July 2023 issue of This Awful Awesome Life. Previous issues are available to read on our website. Go to www.thisawfulawesomelife.com and start scrolling or you can enter specific search criteria.

Next month we are looking at the concept of the empty nest. When does it really start? Is it when our youngest child moves out or goes away to college? What happens if they move back home? Are we still empty nesters in the sense that our children are now adults and do not need us in the same way they did when they were children?

Will you downsize or keep the house for when your kids come to visit with their families?

Will you just fill your days, or do you have a bucket list of exciting adventures?

We’ll also be looking at how to enjoy the last month of summer before September comes, school starts, and those old routines kick in.

Lilly Kauffman, Orlando Bartro, Linda Cahill, and I will be back with interesting articles and recipes for you.

We’ll be continuing our reading recommendations, streaming articles, “What’s in a Word?” and “Dare to Believe.”

It’s a new year for quizzes, Q&A’s, and book reviews.

Stay safe. Stay well. You are important, and you are loved.

All my best,

Fran

Answers to the July 2023 Quiz – Choose Your Words Carefully:

Kangaroo Word                                    Joey Word

1.    Affect                                           act

2.    Masculine                                 male

3.    Alone                                          one

4.    Astound                                     stun

5.    Blossom                                    bloom

6.    Chicken                                     hen

7.    Calumnies                                 lies

8.    Clue                                            cue

9.    Community                              county or city

10. Contaminate                             taint

11. Container                                    can or tin

12. Deception                                  con

13. Encourage                                 urge

14. Feast                                           eat

15. Gigantic                                      giant

16. Honorable                                  noble

17. Hurries                                         hies

18. Isolated                                      sole

19. Joviality                                       joy

20. Myself                                       me

21. Nourished                                  nursed

22. Plagiarist                                   liar

23. Perimeter                                 ­­­­­­­­­­­­ rim

24. Quiescent                                 quiet

25. Rampage                                 rage

26. Scion                                         son

27. Separate                                  part