TV or Not TV

Posted by admin on Apr 9, 2014 in Elderhood, Re imagine your life, Re-invent yourself, Renew your marriage, Renew your spirit, Third Age | 0 comments As the title might suggest, my husband and I have made a fateful decision. We have decided “Not TV”. This started when he came home one evening and announced he didn’t want to watch TV. “I don’t want to watch other people’s lives. I want to live my own.” That was fine by me. My TV watching consisted mainly of a nightly round of Wheel of Fortune, and although I miss the program, my life seems the...
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A Writer’s Always Writing

Posted by admin on Apr 7, 2014 in Elderhood, Re imagine your life, Re-invent yourself, Renew your spirit, Third Age | 0 comments I read that somewhere today. Either a writer’s writing or thinking about writing. Therefore a writer’s always writing. Actually that statement gave me some inspiration. I like to think about writing, and I like to write. That is, I like to write when I am actually writing. When I am sitting in front of a blank screen trying to think about what to write, well, that I do not like. But I have...
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Living for the Kids?

Posted by admin on Mar 26, 2014 in Elderhood, Learn something new, Leave a legacy, Re-invent yourself, Third Age | Comments Off on Living for the Kids? Before I had grandchildren, it was hard to imagine how attached I would become to the little darlings (same for my kids actually). I liked other people’s kids and grandkids, but I could take them or leave them. Now that I have them, I can totally relate to “living for the kids”–grandkids, that is. For me, the grandkids, both in their presence and their absence, remind me of my own children and...
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Sic Transit Gloria Tuesday

Posted by admin on Mar 24, 2014 in Elderhood, Re imagine your life, Re-invent yourself, Renew your spirit, Third Age | 0 comments Gloria Steinem is turning 80 on March 25. Remember Gloria (This is what 50 looks like)? Every decade she has repeated the mantra. And what do you suppose she is doing to celebrate this birthday? Did you say “Riding elephants in Botswana?” Well, you would be correct. Gloria has long been one of my idols. She has been beautiful at all ages, so articulate and always for the cause of women...
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You Don’t Have to Be Sick to Get Better

Posted by admin on Mar 19, 2014 in Re-invent yourself, Renew your spirit | 0 comments When I first heard that you don’t have to be sick to get better, I felt instantly better. I knew that someone else understood my desire to grow and learn and become more. It used to be that people who consulted “shrinks” were stigmatized. Not anymore. We’ve changed the name and changed the game. Back in psychotherapy days, people consulted a psychiatrist and spent years analyzing their...
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Let Go!

Posted by admin on Mar 18, 2014 in Re imagine your life, Re-invent yourself, Renew your marriage | 0 comments There’s a saying in 12-step programs: Let Go and Let God. What exactly does this mean? Let’s take each phrase separately. Let go is pretty easy to understand. Let’s say there’s a hundred dollar bill that we are both holding on to, having a little tug of war. It happens to be your $100, and you say to me, “Let go!” The message is clear. You want me to stop trying to control your money, take my...
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