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Sixty and Free to Just Be!
The Year of Turning Sixty I’m officially a Crone! I can now say that I have reached the phase of life where I can be considered a crone or wise woman. And it is amazing! After my 60th birthday, I was too busy to realize that I was actually sixty!!! Six months later, I am realizing what this means. It’s a huge deal! It’s the beginning of a sort of ‘freedom’. I am free to just be! My kids are grown and my work life is winding down. I find it very exciting but at the same time I didn’t think it would feel different. It definitely does! Focusing on…
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Movement of Life – Update
Life is filled with surprises, endings, new beginnings and unexpected journeys. We need to be ready in a moment’s notice to embrace what’s to come! I started to title this “New Beginnings” but “Movement of Life” seems more freeing! Not So Good With Change I have been licking my wounds and trying to see the good in weeks of not so great! After all of the hurdles and paths I have been down over the years, all of the self help and therapy, I honestly thought that I would be good with change. I thought I was truly prepared for anything that life threw at me. At 59 years old,…
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My Fear of Aging and How Do I Accept Change?
Throughout my life I have always feared change. I guess FEAR is not the right word. I should say I have avoided change to the best of my ability. I get comfortable in my life and when there are disruptions or hurdles to cross, it throws me off. These changes knock me out of my comfort zone. I know I am not alone. Surely most of us go through these times. I have a fear of aging. In the later years of life I prided myself on how I jumped right into the fire and dealt with the hurdles or lessons of life and came out on the other side…
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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,…
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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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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…
EMPOWERMENT, TRAVEL AND AGING GRACEFULLY
