Change is difficult even under the best of circumstances. As we get older we often find ourselves resisting change and seeking security and consistency. As a young person I thrived on change. At any opportunity I was ready to try something new. Eager. Hopeful. Optimistic. The new “shiny thing” was…
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Accepting the Role of Caregiver to Aging Parents
The role of caregiver to aging parents can be a rugged journey along a treacherous path of frustration and indecision. As children of aging parents, we are often right in the middle of the busiest part of our own lives. Growing children, stressful careers, financial concerns, an empty nest loom…
View More Accepting the Role of Caregiver to Aging ParentsMarriage at Midlife: Letting Go ~ “An Unfinished Symphony”
Marriage at Midlife: Letting Go ~ Part 3 “The rhythm of life is when you experience your own body, mind and soul.” ~ The Yogi Tea Bag Mystic The time arrived. The striving had ceased. My time to care for others had ended. Midlife is a time of letting go,…
View More Marriage at Midlife: Letting Go ~ “An Unfinished Symphony”Help! I Keep Spilling My Coffee!
Am I the only one who has this problem? Spilling my coffee on a regular basis simply adds insult to injury when it comes to my tenuous sense of control over life. I fear I’m not aging gracefully, let alone abundantly! I used to consider myself a person of style…
View More Help! I Keep Spilling My Coffee!Telling Our Story
When I made the decision to take my desire to write more seriously, I signed up for a class at Writer’s Online Workshop sponsored by Writer’s Digest, a website that seems to have morphed into . An early online class, it took place in a cyber class and the students benefited…
View More Telling Our StoryFacing Our Deepest Fears
Living in fear can take the joy from life and the texture from living. It’s easy to feel the nudge of fear that would have us huddle in a corner afraid to venture forth. A day doesn’t go by that we don’t hear of, or live through, a natural disaster…
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