I will be 62 years old this year. This shouldn’t be a momentous occasion. It’s not 67 – when one is eligible for your full share of the Social Security you’ve been paying into for 50 years. It’s not 65 – when you can get on Medicare. It’s not 60 – when you’ve crossed into…
Read MoreThe Best Time in Life
We spent time with our grandchildren on Friday, much as we do every week. Eric is retired, and I’m able to work remotely. This enables me to work my schedule around having a day to just enjoy being grandparents. Our day consisted of the following: Somehow, that short list filled six hours. We drove the…
Read MoreIt’s All in the Wording
I was scheduled for Jury Duty this week. Let me clarify that…I was scheduled for my third postponement for Jury Duty this week. I was originally scheduled for May 5th-11th, however, an opportunity came up to get out of town, so I postponed it to July 7-13th. Due to some bad planning on my part,…
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Our grandson turned 5 on Saturday. I’d love to say that I can’t believe time is passing this fast, but life feels a bit like being on a train right now. I turn 60 his year and Eric is nearing a decision about receiving a Social Security check. I’m pretty sure Zander will be graduating…
Read MoreWho’s Setting the Pace?
I recently went for a walk with a friend. As I near the age of 60, walking has become my effort in delaying the mobility issues with aging. I should say, MY mobility issues with aging. Some people are still running at 60. I wasn’t running when both knees had full padding, so pretty sure…
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Grief and Guilt
As I sit and write today, there is a noticeable absence in our office. Both our dogs made their trip beyond over the past three weeks. The house is quiet and the last of the dog hair has been vacuumed up. And I spent the last week crying. It’s not that we haven’t had to…
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Knotts Berry Farm and Lessons from Zane
We went to Disneyland last month. Actually, we went to Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm on a crazy two-day excursion with six adults, two teenagers, and our two grandchildren, one of which was only two months old. I realize that this could now turn into a running commentary asking “who takes an infant to Disneyland…
Read MoreSometimes the Reviews Don’t Matter
It’s almost Christmas. This year has passed much more quickly than 2020, which seemed to drag along in spite of continual surprises straight from a Zombie Apocolypse movie – (does anyone remember the Murder Hornets?) Being so close to December, we decided to start the festivities early with our Grandson. I actually don’t remember building…
Read MoreThe Pandemic Dress Code
So….I have put on the quarantine fifteen…nineteen…twenty-two. And then I stopped weighing myself. I have backed myself in a clothing corner, unfortunately. I refuse to buy larger clothes and I gave away all of my big-lady clothes in April when the stay-at-home orders prompted a mass cleaning of my house. I was in my Kon-Mari…
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Peace in a Pandemic
2020 has been quite a year. I think one of my favorite memes has been a picture of David Bowie as the Goblin King. The caption read, “At this point, if the Goblin King invited me into the Labyrinth, I’d just go…” I think we all would. So far this year, Australia started burning, the…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 