Aging Gracefully
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More Aging Craziness
IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING I have finally started getting my hormones leveled off and am feeling like myself again and then the joints start acting crazy. I swear, if it’s not one thing, it’s something else! I’ll only take one second to whine! When will everything just feel good again??? Okay, I’m done. But honestly, once I reached 50 years old, even though my brain thought I was still young, my body decided to keep reminding me that I am NOT. So onto the exciting part of my day…I have had hip problems for awhile. My sciatic nerve would flare up and I would visit the chiropractor and then it would…
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Reading Past Journals And Seeing How Far I’ve Come (Empty Nesting)
Journals From The Past I pulled out an old journal and started reading my entries from past years. It’s incredible to see them again and to realize how far I have come and how much I have grown since these writings. I suggest that all women have a journal and write all of their thoughts in it. Some are sad, some depressing, some happy and some very funny. I am not sure I could have come through to the other side without having had the outlet of writing it all down as the feelings arose. I learned this from my Mother. She has many many journals. Some she will share…
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Complicated, Moody and Hormone Balancing
Women Complicated? Women’s bodies are such a mystery! We are called ‘complicated’ by men. We are called ‘moody’ at times. They have no clue! Women endure the menstruation and cramping during their younger years. We carry items as large as watermelons in our uterus for months. Our bodies contort and contract until we push this watermelon sized human being out through a tiny space, and then have these tiny beings sucking on our engorged breasts that drip with milk all day and night. We spend the next year or so trying to return our bodies to normal again… only to repeat the cycle. Brief Sigh of Relief Then we…
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Menopause, To Replace or Not to Replace
Almost to the day of turning 50 I went through menopause. Like I said in an earlier post, I wanted to do this naturally, without having to be on medication. I thought that natural was the best. I am slowly learning that it is a choice that each individual should make on their own. But for me, doing it naturally was not the best. At first I couldn’t put my finger on what was wrong. I had survived the night sweats and the daily bouts of bursting into flames from the inside-out. And I was proud of myself for experiencing this phase of my life. In one of my favorite books,…
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Amazing On The Face
There are days where I need relief from stress. I am over 50 and when I look in the mirror… I LOOK over 50! My face has been seeing signs of bags under my eyes and the feeling of sagging in my face. How can I do something to slow the process down if possible? I found this amazing Kanza Wand on Amazon and thought I would try it. Couldn’t hurt, right? This product is really awesome. It seems to help soothe my skin as well as eliminates the puffiness under my eyes. They sent me an all natural face oil that went with the wand. I rub the oil…
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Deciding to Take Action
Have you ever been taking a photo and you have accidentally switched to selfie mode? You glance at the camera and almost scream? It happens to me all the time. I react as though a horrible creature has just peered through the screen at me. I gasp and turn it back as fast as humanly possible. Those were the eye opening moments for me. I felt young, people told me I looked young, but when I saw the face looking back at me, I was horrified. Where did the wrinkles and dark circles under my eyes come from? Did it happen overnight or has it been slowly creeping up on…
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Over 50 & Accepting The Changes
I was raised by a mother who was a model. Beauty was her life. She is over 80 years old and still looks like she is 60. When I was in high school and college, people thought we were sisters. I remember her dipping her fingers into the cobalt blue of her Noxema jar every night before bed. To me, she was perfect. So for her, aging was a difficult thing. She had always relied on her looks and her youth to get modeling jobs. Mom had always been complimented and told she looked so young. She didn’t prepare herself for aging gracefully. Not the Same for Me I, on…
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Unhealthy Relationships and Recreating My Life
Unhealthy choices over the years caused me to lose sight of who I truly am. Through many different outlets and the help of wonderful friends, I have enjoyed the journey back and can’t wait to tell my story. Now that I am in my 50’s, actually pushing 60, there is an entirely different set of worries. Wrinkles and how to age in a graceful way instead of with dread. I Am Ready For Change But I am ready to take on the challenge. I woke up one day, looked in the mirror and realized that overnight I started looking old. Noooooo! This can’t be! My brain thinks I am still…
