Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
“You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.” -Woody Allen The lovely blond, aged 20-something, sat next to me with pondering eyes. My question to her was this, How old will you be when you believe you are old? After a moment she… Read More
“I give you this to take with you: Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting.” ― Judith Minty Our cat, Giese, lies curled amidst the chaos formally known as my desk. She is surrounded by boxes, tape, white papers, black markers and, inexplicably, a roll of eye-blinding,… Read More
“Women are made to be loved, not understood.” –Oscar Wilde In the movie, Grand Hotel, Greta Garbo famously said, “I vant to be alone.” I don’t look like Garbo or sound like Garbo, but there are many, many, times that I “vant to be alone” too. And, as my husband knows, giving me space to do just that is one… Read More
A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it, it just blooms. –Zen Shin “You’ve never had a facial?” said an acquaintance. “How can you live without them?” At the time I was a single-mom of two young kids and dang proud that I was covering the basic monthly bills with my dental assisting paycheck. I… Read More
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou There are women born to light a fire within others. Women who unselfishly promote, volunteer, and guide. The quiet ones who step to the side and let others enjoy the spotlight. Kathy… Read More
“I love that this morning’s sunrise does not define itself by last night’s sunset.” ― Steve Maraboli Like furry gargoyles, our two cats, Giese and Pudgy, perch on the headboard of our bed. Even though they have free-choice kibble, their expectation is that I serve up a can of wet food. Daily. And by daily I mean at 7… Read More
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” A.A. Milne The doorbell rang and I did my best to dust the flour from the front of my shirt before I responded. Yeah, that only made it worse. Ah, well. I didn’t really care that I was a mess… Read More
“It was a stark choice: shoes or food; beauty or sustenance; the sensible or the self-indulgent. “I’ll take the shoes,” she said firmly.” ― Alexander McCall Smith, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built I love shoes. They can make or break an outfit… or a leg. Does anyone else remember those uber-high cork wedges from the 70’s? Mine were white peep toes… Read More
“For darkness restores what light cannot repair.” –Joseph Brodsky “The voice clearly said, ‘Fake boobs,’ when I asked the spirit what he prefers,” said Connie Braton, a psychic medium at Psychics in the Cities. https://www.facebook.com/phychicsinthecities. Connie and I were having coffee and discussing the recent flurry of responses to my question about haunted locations along Old Hwy. 61, Minnesota. (By… Read More
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