Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” — Diane Arbus Mary is a quiet woman. The first time I met her, I knew I wanted to be friends, but she barely made eye contact. We sat somewhat uncomfortably in the dimly lit back row of the photography club meeting. However, it took… Read More
Yes, forgetting can be a curse, especially as we age. But forgetting is also one of the more important things healthy brains do, almost as important as remembering. Think how quickly the sheer volume and multiplicity of sensory information we receive every waking minute would overwhelm our consciousness if we couldn’t quickly forget a great deal more of it… Read More
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ~Doug Larso The table was decorated for Christmas. You know, the kind of holiday embelishments created for easy clean up when people are milling, eating, drinking and spilling? There was a green plastic tablecloth, a gingerbread man encased… Read More
“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” –Alexander Smith My husband plunked down the container and, with a flourish of his hands, said, “Here you go.” He had made the brave journey into our crawlspace to retrieve the Christmas ornaments, and now it was up to me to do something with them. I stared at the box… Read More
She admits she was more of a musician than an athlete in high school. Later, as Daree grew into her life as a wife, mom, and onsite computer service expert, there were rogue days when thoughts of becoming a runner seemed do-able. Or not. Early exuberance would end in ouch, ouch, ouch, sore muscles and abandoned intentions. And then… Read More
 “What you didn’t tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did.†― Jodi Picoult,  “If you had a terminal disease, would you tell me?†I thought about it for a few moments. “Probably not.†Such was the start of a discussion between my daughter and I some years ago. She was in college and adapting to our… Read More
