The freedom of aging.
There are a lot of negative things attached to aging but we forget to count in those that are positive and probably more important.
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When you don’t have a mailing address.
I find myself stuttering when I call for a doctor’s appointment and they ask me for my mailing address. Then it hits me; I have no permanent mailing address! It takes me a while to react and then decide I’ll give my old address, which is the one on file for now. How long is […]
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The only reason I regret not driving.
I was just reading a book entitled Learning to Drive by Katha Pollitt. They are personal essays; a memoir of sorts and the first chapter being; “Learning to drive.” Her ex-husband hated her for not driving, so, after they got a divorce, she decides to start taking driving lessons. I won’t let you in on anymore […]
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So sorry for Paris.
The events in Paris today make us all set aside our personal troubles and put life into perspective. Such an awful event, again, as there are many in the world today.
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“I’m getting old and tired of chasing setting suns.”
These are part of the lyrics by Passenger from the song “Setting Suns.” It may sound sad, but actually it’s comforting to listen to songs that I can identify with and are real. Lyrics, music can help us feel and hold us by the hand when we find ourselves reflecting on life or experiencing the […]
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Living without a plan.
When I was little I agonized about growing up because unlike other kids who could imagine a future, I couldn’t because I didn’t have a clue of what I hoped or wanted. Growing up didn’t look good. It looked gloomy and dark. I felt helpless and lost in what I thought was a terrifying jungle […]
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The sweetest wake-up in a long time.
Having moved out of my once called home, I have been lucky to have landed in my friends’ home which came with adorable Drew, a female dog who I now have made my best friend. She is old and that suits me fine, even better, when we go for our morning and afternoon strolls, we […]
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Happy places where the grey turns to bright hopeful colors.
There are places, happy places as I like to call them, where just being there, entering that world, fake and all, calms me and lifts me, just like the lines in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: “What I found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany’s. It calms me […]
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The roller coaster ride of grief.
When shit happens, the first stage of grief is shock, adrenaline kicks in, and while some may react by crying inconsolably, others go into frantic activity mode, where they keep so busy that they don’t allow themselves the time to feel anything. Then the cycle continues and they are hit by anger, followed by acceptance, […]
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Life is ridiculously meaningless.
I’ve been in search for the meaning of life, like many, for a very long time, too long. To be exact for 5 decades, and now, finally, I can rest in peace; the search of that universal meaning is over. I got it! At long last I can sit, relax and stop fretting about finding […]
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