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In the last few years, it feels like I’ve said goodbye many times in one form or another. I said goodbye to an 18-year marriage in 2018 and the life we’d built together. I said goodbye to my father, who passed in July 2019 and then later in October a career with a company I…
Somewhere between perspiration and inspiration is that all-important sweet spot we call balance. The fact that it’s taken me so long to finish this post just proves that finding that proverbial “sweet spot” is a continuous work in progress. The start of spring feels much like turning the first page of a book you can’t…
I’ve read many times that keeping too many items from the past is not always healthy for your state of mind, causing you to dwell too much on the past instead of looking ahead. I can relate to that situation, as since all of these items ended up in my home, I have found myself thinking much more about the past than I have before.
The world of dating is a challenging one, and as a divorced, working woman in her 50s, I have wanted to explore this topic for some time. I have been dipping my toes in the murky waters of online dating on and off now for over 2 years. It has allowed me the opportunity to…
The other day I was filling in one of those surveys from the grocery store. You know the kind where you can win a $1000 gift card, just by answering some basic questions about customer service, store cleanliness etc. As I was completing it online, I realized that I was now in the 50s age…
I was reading a blog today and decided to post a comment. This is something I don’t do often, but the author writes very well, and I felt compelled to say something. Her descriptions of scenery are very vivid, and I can literally picture them in my mind. Some of her life experiences correlate to…
When I woke up this morning, I must admit I breathed a sigh of relief that another Christmas season had come and gone. This year has been especially challenging, with Covid-19, social isolation, and lockdowns I have finally hit that wall. You know the one I’m talking about, where just one more thing going wrong…
As much as I love summer for it’s long days, warm weather, vacation time and wearing sandals for any occasion. I must admit there is something about the arrival of autumn that makes me feel happy, and not just because school is back on, and so are pumpkin spice lattes. Much like the beeping of…
It is a beautiful day. The sun is streaming through my kitchen window, autumn is now in full swing, and the leaves of burnished gold, crimson, and amber cover the trees. It truly is a magnificent time of year. I’d love to be out there enjoying the crisp morning air, but currently I’m nursing a…
Do you get random thoughts that pop into your head at the most bizarre time? I think most of us do at some point or another, but lately it seems to be happening more than ever, and at the strangest times. Wednesday was one of those occasions. I had an evening appointment to get a…