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How to Accept Death
As in past blog posts, I am posting old journal entries that helped me get through rough times. Here is one that I found on dying. Writing this journal entry was my way of figuring out how to accept death. My Best Friend’s Husband My best friend’s husband passed away this weekend. I was around when she met him and when they married and had children. He was like a brother to me. Steve wasn’t even 60 years old yet. How does this happen? We are supposed to grow old and enjoy grandchildren and great grandchildren. How is she surviving this horrible loss? How would I ever survive such a…
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Life Half Over? Or Is Life Just Starting? Thoughts on Aging
I have so many thoughts on aging these days. As each birthday approaches I start wondering, is life half over or just staring? I love reading the Wild Woman Sisterhood posts that are on my Facebook screen almost daily. They resonate with me! I have never been one to conform to the fads or the norms. My Childhood Dreams My childhood was on the tails of the hippie movement. We watched the older sisters of my best friends walk out the door with their hippie beads around their necks and their bell bottoms and halter tops. My soul surrounded itself with folk songs, black lights, beads hanging from my room,…
EMPOWERMENT, TRAVEL AND AGING GRACEFULLY
