Category: Midlife Transformation

I lost a very good friend last week ~ not a friend I called every day,  but a friend I enjoyed sitting beside and having a cup of tea.  My friend was  strong and steady, providing shelter in storms that arose unexpectedly.  After many a long day I allowed myself…

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Ironically, this is my Alma mater! Lately I have been reflecting on the lost optimism of my youth, once such an integral part of who I was. Its absence disturbs me. I want it back! I want to feel all that giddy hope and excitement about the future I once…

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I’m spending Mother’s Day with Mom, sitting beside her hospital bed. Three days ago she fell and broke her upper thigh bone, only a few short weeks after we moved her into the one room assisted living wing of the retirement community. She is frail and suffers mild dementia. Miraculously…

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