Was that a Crisis or an Opportunity?
Well that was a bummer! Things don’t always go as planned. I’m wondering, as we get older, do we run into more road blocks and curve...
A Ripple Instead of a Wave
I just read an op-ed on how boomers are being ignored; how TV, commercials, movies and music are all geared toward the younger...
Funny, You Don't Look That Old!
My husband is turning 80 next week. Eighty is a big number. He keeps saying that he feels like 40. At forty he had already given up his...
OH MY: Am I tired!
I can’t sleep. How many times have I heard from friends that they have some sort of sleep challenge: I can’t fall asleep. I can’t stay...
Irma: Survival of the Fittest!
I survived Irma. After ‘weathering’ many life adventures, including Hurricane Sandy, Irma felt like the biggest, scariest, most daunting...
A Room of My Own
I just moved. ...Again. Risk averse, I am not. Afraid of change, not me. After years of embracing change, sometimes thinking that I...
Fear Factor
I just had a colonoscopy. No one likes to talk about such things, but there I said it! Colonoscopies are a blend of a symbol of getting...
Forget Regret!
Now that I’m a bit older, (a phrase I have come to accept), I keep running across the question, “Given the opportunity to look back,...
Wait! Wait! Don't Make Me Wait!
It’s not a “Family Room” no matter how loud the TV plays or how much coffee they serve. The room is simply a “waiting- for -the –surgery-...
Letting go while still holding on
Six years ago, my brother was killed. He was murdered. Six months ago my friend’s husband died in his sleep. Twelve years ago, my mother...
