I've been reflecting on my life lived since 10 years ago when I thought I was making a huge life changing decision. A decade...a whole decade has flown by. Wow. It still makes me smile when that 'big event' pops up on the September calendar page marking the anniversary of my decision to let my… Continue reading I did it, they did it, he did it, and we did it!
Category: Going Gray
A Few Notes About My Adventures As A Wee Child
With a note of warning to you my dear blogging friends - before you read this post, don't be surprised. It isn't my normal garden variety post about the birds and trees. It involves one risky-looking photo and other adorable ones (of ME) as a youngin. (Clickbait, yep ✅). But, first, I have to show… Continue reading A Few Notes About My Adventures As A Wee Child
Shelley’s Girls Trip 2024 – An Aging Tiny Bladder Success Story
As I age, it's funny how certain things make me worry when I'm about to travel. I don't travel often, but when I do I worry a lot about things. Little things. A few days before I left for my trip, I glanced out the window at the ground and saw this rabbit foraging for… Continue reading Shelley’s Girls Trip 2024 – An Aging Tiny Bladder Success Story
How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Every February, I get a bug to do good things for the heart and brain. If you've been following me for a long time, you know that my mom died of complications from Diabetes and Vascular Dementia in 2012. Here's the two of us a few years before her diagnosis. Little did I know at… Continue reading How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment
How I Roll With Messy Thoughts About Changing and Aging
It's the simplest of things that make me smile. This morning it was tearing off a piece of paper towel off a new paper towel roll that worked as it claimed it would work. Quick, easy, one-handed motion is simply so satisfying. A roll that doesn't tear off clean with each piece is a rolling… Continue reading How I Roll With Messy Thoughts About Changing and Aging
Blog Maintenance Things Reminded Me of How Time Flies When You’re Having Fun As A Personal Blogger
I thought about blog maintenance this morning when I sat down to write to you. I glanced at the menu bar for my blog and saw the nagging little notices that I needed to update some things. I call them things, because, their technical terms elude me. I freeze when it comes to those things… Continue reading Blog Maintenance Things Reminded Me of How Time Flies When You’re Having Fun As A Personal Blogger