Philosophy
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MOTHERS NEST DEEP
I never fully appreciated my mother until I gave birth myself. Looking into my daughter’s eyes for the first time was overwhelming. This breathing, beautiful baby had come from my own body! That sense of miraculous wonder has never left me in the 23 years since. Nor have I lost sight of the responsibility that… Read more
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DIFFERENT, DREADED. . .DIVINE!
(Cycling into the sunset) There is an old man on our street that walks his dog twice a day and it pains me to watch him. He walks so slowly that the poor dog strains at the leash with every step, longing to run. Instead, he can only go inches at a time, as… Read more
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YIKES!! I’M DISAPPEARING!
I’m a lousy candidate for depression or suicide. Sure, I have my gloomy moments but they never last long. There’s just too much to look forward to. It’s like my brain thinks I might win the lottery even though I haven’t even purchased a ticket! Now science will tell you that’s because my endocrine system… Read more
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THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Yogis say that to live a full life one must be, ‘present in the moment.’ Doesn’t that mean that whether we are 12 or 92 we should embrace the age we are, not wanting to be years ahead or decades behind? If that acceptance really became the norm, wouldn’t it mean that we would respect… Read more
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BUCKLE UP BUTTERCUPS!
Depression affects more than 18 million people in the US. Interestingly, only 6 million of those statistics come from older adults. What does this really mean? I think it means that far too many people are getting far too sad, far, too young. 20 years ago, depression in youth was unheard of. Not anymore. I… Read more
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MAKE ‘GRAY’ THE NEW ‘DISPLAY’
When I heard that Hillary Clinton recently had a NYC salon closed to patrons while she had her hair colored, it made me feel pretty sad. It wasn’t that she paid $600 for the dye job. It was the fact that she felt she had to do it at all. For years, women have… Read more
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WHAT, ME WORRY??
Imagine being born before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone—and not dying until cell phones were in use. Such was the case of Jean Calment, a woman from Arles, France who lived to be 122; the oldest living person ever documented. She not only outlived her husband and children, but her own grandchildren as… Read more
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IF ONLY . . .
‘If only I were taller!’ That is exactly what I imagined my pup was thinking this morning when she spied the carrots in the icebox. (Yes, that is what I still call it. So much simpler than its’ five syllable counterpart.) It got me thinking about all the “If only’s” in my life… Read more
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KEEP MOVING
I don’t encounter many 6’4,” 84 year-olds wearing plastic, measuring tapes for suspenders. So this guy at the mall definitely caught my eye. Okay, maybe I stalked him but he fascinated me. He walked with such a brisk, and jaunty pace that I wondered why he carried a cane in the first place. Just… Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 