Aging
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ALZHEIMER’S? HMMM. . .
Picture this: me backstroking in the middle of my half mile swim. Have the lane all to myself and starting to pick up speed, which at my age is relative. Thinking how I can’t wait until it’s over. Then. . .smash. Suddenly, I collide with my friend, Forest, who in his Alzheimer’s state of bliss… Read more
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A STITCH IN TIME!!
Well, it’s been a whole week since 2011 lurched into view. The gym is already less crowded. For the record, I cannot ever remember making a New Year’s Resolution. As a kid I must have watched too many grownups make—and not keep–them. I have always tried to make daily ones; the kind that I could… Read more
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SINGIN’ SWINGIN’ SENIOR
What a thrill I had at the supermarket this morning!! As I was coming through the checkout line with a single bottle of CHEER, the cutest little teenage checker gave me a huge smile and said, “Are you a singer?” “Why, yes, I am,” I said, perfectly delighted that she may have recognized me. “Okay,… Read more
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JOIE DE JOIE
A few minutes ago, my seventeen year-old actually said these very words to me: ACT YOUR AGE!! (Yes, the very title of my last blog, which she apparently did NOT read). She was horrified to discover that I have been taking Zumba classes. When I pressed her as to exactly what she meant by her… Read more
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ACT YOUR AGE
This one’s been around awhile and I still don’t get it. Heard it a few times as a kid. Never liked hearing it though because it usually meant I was doing something wrong-—like the kid at Kroger’s yesterday. He was tossing grapes into the silver pan of the produce weighing scale from his perch in a… Read more
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BE HERE WHILE YOU’RE HERE
"You couldn’t miss her at the Southwest boarding gate. Her bright, pink, plastic raincoat just screamed, ‘Here I am!’ from the long line of dark, business suits and drab jackets. And there she was: a tiny woman with a pixie hair cut, dressed in slim jeans, a snappy pullover and sporting a very, loud pair… Read more
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FACE OR FACADE?
In the last four days, I drove my daughter through four different states to look at eight separate colleges. Since she had already seen schools on the west coast, the middle of the country and several “safety schools,” it was time to complete the picture. We saw mostly those private institutions used as magical… Read more
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STOP TO LISTEN
While I was sitting in my car last night waiting for my daughter to get out of play rehearsal, I noticed the security guard making his rounds. I’ve seen him before. He smiles a lot and seems to know everyone. Finally, he sat down on a bench so I got out and introduced myself. Within… Read more
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STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
“Tonight the Perseid meteor shower will be in full view and I will watch all those falling stars fall. It will remind me that dying is pretty from a distance. But mostly it will remind me of the nights Granny and I used to look up at those same stars and say, “Starlight. Star bright.… Read more
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AGEFULLY AGING 