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SHHH!! DON’T TELL!!
While rinsing the chlorine off this morning in the YMCA shower, a gaggle of giggling little girls squeezed altogether in the open stall next to me. Although several others were open, they chose to rinse off together. Like spies on a secret mission, they peeked out from behind their vinyl curtain as if to be… Read more
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DO WHAT YOU CAN—-WHILE YOU CAN
Granny impressed upon me early on to, *“Always DO what you can do when you can DO it.” While that advice has definitely gained me some friendships, it has also put me in some pretty awkward positions. Take today for example: There she was, a 40-something, dyed-blonde with a spectacular figure squeezed into watertight-jeans, a… Read more
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THE TOP TEN REASONS MOTHERS NEED DOGS BEFORE KIDS
Only one person wished me Happy Mother’s Day this morning: the dog. (Granted, no one else was up yet, but isn’t that how it is?) Actually, she greets me EVERY day as if I am the most wonderful creature on the planet. My kids used to be like that. They’re teenagers now. So on this… Read more
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WALK LIKE A MAN!
My husband ruptured a disc in his back several weeks ago. Despite the many pain medications his doctor has proffered, he is still in agony and barely able to navigate from bedroom to kitchen. So, on the eve of our 31st anniversary, I drove to purchase him a cane. As I parked at Walgreens,… Read more
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ONE IN TEN
How dare TIME magazine announce: “Alzheimer’s: At last, some progress against the most stubborn disease.” Imagine my disappointment to read merely the same old stuff: It’s hereditary. No drug cures it. Some have side effects worse than the disease itself. We still spend 5 billion a year on cancer research and only 500 million a… Read more
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BE MY VALENTINE!!!
I love the company of men. Just came off the tennis court with three of them after winning the tiebreaker. The two who lost weren’t thrilled but they were gracious losers and even complimented me on being, “one helluva retriever.” Men play at sports and life, with an enthusiastic, ‘come what may’ attitude that I… 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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NEVER SAY NEVER
‘We’ just got a puppy for Christmas. In the last two days I have bent over with a paper towel and wiped or picked up at least 12 different ‘gifts.’ According to my research, I will be doing this for the next 3 months—if I’m lucky. Now I am not particularly wild about dogs, never… 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
AGEFULLY AGING 