fearless and 93. After my post asking why we work to avoid feeling fear I received the email below from my Great Aunt. I read it so many times, I finally asked her if I could share. It's forty words. It's one of the most powerful and thought provoking guest posts I've had. <3 Aging quiets fears and acceptance enters. I've learned to accept what I cannot change. My losses are ... Continue Reading
Starting my second life.
the night of my 30th birthday. I have a number of friends---apparently I hang with a younger crowd--who've turned 30 this year. For many of them the transition from 20's to 30 has been challenging. A sense of leaving the freedom of youth behind and of the fact it's time to (finger quote) buckle down (unF.Q.) and commence adulting. or any day, really... 30 for me didn't feel like a ... Continue Reading
Old hands.
Anyone else recall the (late 70's) commercial where two women compare tops of hands & the chronologically OLDER is proud to possess "younger looking hands" all thanks to XYZ product? Was it Palmolive?! (Google isn't much help with this factoid as I sit here blogging in "real time" and brain-dumping as the Child & Doodle slumber.) Anyway... I somehow internalized through that ... Continue Reading
My ah ha! moment part two.
My first Ah ha! moment? About healthy living & clean eating. My second? You'll just have to click the picture of four year old me to find out... ... Continue Reading
Balance: what’s normal?
Miz, I am a new reader and, while I really enjoy your rhymes, I can't help but wonder: is there a story here? Am I missing something? This email made me laugh as, not only do I receive many like this (people seemingly perplexed by my penchant for rhyming/thinking that they MUST be missing an inside joke), the answer really is just a plain ole NO. No story. No missing anything. Im just a ... Continue Reading