What a thought provoking question! As we get older, we have time to reflect on the relationships that integrated our personality to its present day functionality, or lack there of. I have had two close friends for more than 50 years. One influenced my youth and one has changed my adult professional and personal life.…
Persistent Pain
As a youth, I played racquetball every day after work. I loved the exercise and the comraderie with friends, along with the competition. After several years, I stopped due to shifting and many job responsibilities. As I have aged, I developed shoulder pain. Recently it become ao painful I went to a doctor. He gave…
Is It Karma?
Karma? Is it a feeling or a reality? Should we let it control our decisions? I have always felt I had a mild gift of ESP. I often anticipate an event and the words that people will say. I have told myself it is because there is little new on earth. Yet, it influences my…
Black and White Television Favorites
This post may have a limited viewship but it means a lot to me; it was my mom’s favorite and has been mine as I have the time again to watch. Perry Mason! I love Raymond Burr as Perry Mason and his secretary, Della Street. The stories are intricate and the “who did it?” ending…
Moving Coast to Coast
As a post college graduation trip, a friend took me on a cross country trip from Maryland to California. He was a professional athlete and we drove out in a baby blue Jag. While I was there I was going to see the Fifth Dimension with someone I had met. We were chatting and he…
Routine Testing
While this is an unusual topic maybe, as one ages, some of you may be able to relate. Access to medical care is a significant component of all of our lives if we have aspirations to live to be older. As we accumulate medical screenings, routinely recommended, the appointments pile up. And, as we leave…
In My Heart
As a child my parents took me to see my grandmother in Rochester on a regular basis which was about a 9 hour drive from our home. My mother was one of 9 children and most of them still lived near my grandmother. The gathering of my aunts (seven) at her house was a joyful…
Coping with Caregiving: A Personal Journey for the New Year
Welcoming the new year has been special for me this particular year. I have had a few difficult years, 1997-98, and survived. This year, I have been thrust into a caretaker role for the first time since my three children grew up and entered professions that were self-sustaining. My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer.…
Life Is Strange
This will not be a political post. This is likely more of a scratch-my-head type of post. I grew up in the late 60s, multiple assassinations were part of those years, along with rampant unrest on campuses and in cities. During this time period, the Vietnam War created a forum for the expression of radical…
California Living: Highlights and Challenges to Consider
California Eureka (I Have Found It) Moving here to warm weather has been a life gift. I had lived here in the 70s and forgotten the appeal of summer wear almost year-round. I moved back to the East in 1978 to take care of my parents. In 2011, I retired and moved to the ocean.…
