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Body Image In The Second Half Of Life:  Why Are We Cruel To Ourselves?

Body Image In The Second Half Of Life: Why Are We Cruel To Ourselves?

June 29, 2016 By Gail

    “Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: body image, cruel to ourselves, midlife body image

Being Educated, An Illusive Label As I Grow Older

Being Educated, An Illusive Label As I Grow Older

June 27, 2016 By Gail

When I was a child, I discovered the joys of printing the alphabet on wide-ruled, unbleached paper that were so cheaply made it contained bits of wood that would catch my pencil lead and cause my carefully formed letters to go astray. I learned that if I practiced making the letters reach the appropriate lines on the paper -solid lines… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging

Love Notes: Midlife Music For The Playful At Heart

Love Notes: Midlife Music For The Playful At Heart

June 24, 2016 By Gail

 He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.  ~Leo Tolstoy  How do you leave a note of love? Ever since I began dating the man who is now my husband, we have left little notes of love for each other. Sometimes we leave a trail… Read More

Filed Under: The Best Part Of My Day Tagged With: love notes, Midlife music

Getting So Much More Than I Give: When Kindheartedness Heals

Getting So Much More Than I Give: When Kindheartedness Heals

June 22, 2016 By Gail

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” -Scott Adams I’ve got a problem with people being nice to me. I do. Maybe it was how I was raised. Self-sufficiency was the rule, and on those shameful days you had to ask for help you had better dang… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: Healing, Kindness, Midlife Musings

A Faded Pink Ribbon: Love, Loss, and Lamenting What Never Was

A Faded Pink Ribbon: Love, Loss, and Lamenting What Never Was

June 21, 2016 By Gail

I wrote this some time ago but wanted to bring it back.  A few weeks back, on the anniversary of my mother’s death, a woo woo moment occurred at her gravesite.  My sister had just visited a psychic.  The woman asked who the third child in the family was because Mom had a message for that person.  I am the… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging

It’s Been That Kind Of Week…Something Good And Then, Wham!

It’s Been That Kind Of Week…Something Good And Then, Wham!

June 16, 2016 By Gail

 “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!” Author: Penelope Riley Rollercoasters are fun. Usually. This week has had its share of ups and downs, giddy happiness, and then will I survive the drop? moments.   For instance, just copying and pasting the above quote caused my Mac to say… Read More

Filed Under: The Best Part Of My Day Tagged With: midlife experiences, Something good, wham

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