Category: aging
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losing one’s mind
Since the new year started, I have been getting my days all mixed up. I seriously thought dementia was overtaking me. Until, with an outburst of jubilation, I discovered my newly opened calendar was for 2024 instead of 2025. Gone is my mother who always knew the proper day, This was because, as she often…
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a little prayer
(text to my friend) Life is rather rocky, surely different from what I had planned or anticipated, but I was raised to not complain, learn life’s lessons and keep moving on. To the day when evil is removed and we can see each other as God intended, through the love of His Son, Jesus. May…
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a morning adventure
On my early morning, sunrise walk, the dew point being so high (moisture in the air), a beautiful rainbow emerged, giving me pause to stop, appreciate and give thanks for the beauty of nature, admist the cacophony of life. It was much cooler this morning, so I extended my walk, hoping to be early enough…
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seniors beware
On the label I read, “This prescription being filled in combination with older adult has serious risks.” I am a bit startled at this unfamiliar warning. It all started when I woke up one morning with a little irritation that I knew from previous experience could turn into a major blow up. Not a problem.…
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becoming an armchair traveler
Most of my life I’ve loved to travel, to experience new things; nature, natural formations, people, cities, architecture, art, zoos, etc. I was so looking forward to retirement, teaching web classes part time funding my expeditions. All of that came to a screeching halt, through a series of life changing events. Still dealing with the…
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adventures in zooming
I must be one of the last people to learn how to facilitate a zoom call, which is rather ironic as I was one of the first to become a certified web class designer, developer, and facilitator. But, that was another lifetime or two ago. What inspired me to join the zoomer generation you ask.…
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beware or be prepared
I’m referring to food delivery, which I got a little addicted to during a time of recovery. I don’t recall how it all started, either bad weather or being under the weather, but I’ve been amused by the substitutions chosen, and pleasantly surprised by the polite delivery people. This time, the conversation went a little…
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it’s over
This all started when I noticed a blinking red light by my bed in the middle of the night. The warning light signaled my heating pad had given up the ghost. This was a very sad occasion, as my well-worn heating pad provided comfort through multiple cross country moves, as well as physical and emotional…
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all about joy
Trying to live up to my middle name, I come across the following quote, which I totally subscribe to. “In South Korea, they believe that when you turn sixty, you’ve become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I…
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