• Aging Gracefully,  SURVIVAL & HEALING

    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…

  • Aging Gracefully,  SURVIVAL & HEALING,  Uncategorized

    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,…