“There are moments when I feel like a fish out of water gasping for connection in a place that once felt so familiar.” One of the quieter truths about aging is how your social circle changes, often shrinking. Sometimes it is the result of loss, but sometimes it’s because of growth. YOURS. Over the years, …
I’ve been working on this book about loss for the past year. I’ve written about my own experiences, but also have been thoroughly researching the topic. The purpose of this post is not to depress the living s#*t out of you.  I am hoping you’ll find it helpful.  I will get back to the topic …
So, I was catching up with my girl recently. That might not seem like a big deal, but it is! It takes effort and patience. She works all week and flies to the Midwest every weekend to take care of her aging father. And as someone who hasn’t had a parent in 46 years, I …
This week, I’m happy to welcome back a very special guest contributor—Jay Washington, a world traveler whose passport currently tells the story of a life lived fully and fearlessly. His recent adventures span continents and cultures. After doing a little research and reading the following post, I have concluded that adventure, whether it’s crossing an …
The Power of Solitude vs. The Weight of Isolation For the past 15 years, maybe longer, my routine has been to spend the first hour of my day alone. I get up and get out. Like the post office, rain, sleet, hail, or snow, I’m up and out. Ideally, I find a quiet place to …
The Art of Being Found & The Gift of Being Present I can admit that I suck at this. I’m either dwelling on the past or stressing about the future and I seriously need to work on that! I’m either replaying the past like a movie I can’t stop watching or stressing about a future …
I see dead people. Okay they’re not really dead. They’re just not fully alive. They’re what I call the living dead! I’m not talking zombies, but damn close. Zombie-ish. People who wake up every morning, but never truly wake up. People who are existing without meaning and moving without purpose and not fully living. Some …
I might catch some s#*t over parts of this post. I might be wrong. I am just sharing some observations. Please don’t view this as criticism. I feel like a large segment of an entire generation of youth were not parented. Perhaps parents were too busy trying to survive and had no time to parent. Hey, …
Where my 80’s music fans at? Remember that song, ironically by a group called Klymaxx? “Don’t you know the men all pausewhen I walked into the room. The men all pause and the brides held their grooms” Yeah. Only pause I’ve got is the meno-pause! Why is it that we go from one extreme to …
Recently while stopped at a red light, (you remember, the color that indicates you need to stop that most hurried to get to I-don’t-know-where-in-such-a-hurry, these days seem to view as merely an suggestion to maybe stop!) I noticed something painted on the side of the building. Yes, you tend to notice things when you slow …