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2020 Grown up Christmas List
This year has many of us rethinking what we have, need and can do without or otherwise kick to the curb. If you are an 80’s child we all remember waiting for the catalogs, Sear’s and Penney’s, to fold pages and circle what we wanted. How many of us as adults have wishes that looking back really aren’t memorable it is the moments. Now my list is much more simple. Please add if you want to respond. One day with my grown kids to bake and decorate the tree then watch Christmas movies. Spend time with friends and family that want to be around me without obligation. Be able to…
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Being kind and more accepting in midlife
One of the benefits of getting older is you can see through people. Yet, we also respect more women because, like ourselves, we know they have a past. Before assuming a women’s story remember there could be a background. The woman who is in shape, you see as vain, but what she is doing is stress relief. The heavy woman is lazy, yet she lost two babies in the past two years and is struggling to get back to life. The strong-willed woman must be heartless, yet she has to work every day to provide for her family, who she adores. The woman who cowers is weak. Maybe at some…
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Social distancing, is it that different?
When I turned 50, I thought it would be fun be to share some of the comedic things midlife brings. Most of the time, you have to find humor in things to keep from losing your spirit. Since then, I have changed jobs and have been lucky enough to work full time from home. There have been drastic life changes. I will save that for another blog. Jenna is 21, and Eddie is 16. Almost an empty nester. The coronavirus has us experiencing social distancing. I feel like it is something many of us may have already been practicing, being out of touch with the rest of the world. As…
