52 is My New Favorite Number
52 is my new favorite number! Did you know in some Native American cultures, WOMEN are not considered fully grown until they are 52 YEARS OLD? Then they are revered as the Wise Women of the Tribe, the Elders. When I was turning 50, I was looking forward to celebrating...
A Deep Yearning
I AM a Woman YEARNING Deeply for… I’ve come to realize that I have been yearning for something most of my life. When I was younger, I dreamt of getting out of the house, going to college, and becoming INDEPENDENT and financially SUCCESSFUL. Then I yearned...
Lessons I Learn Walking My dog Penelope at the Beach #15 – It Never Hurts to Ask
Penelope is food motivated. She fits right in with her family. I train her with little heart-shaped treats. No treat is too small for her or not worth an effort. She sits obediently when a car passes by us. She looks up for a treat. A dog walks by on the other side of...
Are You Subtracting or Are You Adding to Your Self-Worth?
As I started to heal, and as those fears subsided, I began stepping into my own self-worth. I started speaking up and observed others acknowledging I had something of value to say. My confidence grew. My self-worth grew with it.
Covid Made Me Do It (part 2)
In my last blog I wrote how Covid gave me the time and space to bake scones. Then eat scones. Then not exercise. I’ve been thinking about that blog ever since. What did Covid make me do exactly?
Covid Made Me Do It | Confessions from the Other Side of 50
Okay, it’s time to fess up. I let myself go during Covid. I had an internal dialogue with my over-achieving self and decided it was time to give her a break. Afterall, the gym was closed. It would only be a short period of time, I thought, until we get back into our normal routines.
Lesson #14: Create a New Habit Just Like That!
Penelope can pick up the sound of the UPS truck anywhere at any time. I mean that sincerely. We can be in another town altogether, and she knows when the UPS truck is close by. Not only that, she also thinks the FedEx truck is really UPS in disguise.
Are You Suffering In Silence?
When I was going through my divorce, I moved four states away from everything and everyone I had ever known and cared about, to a place not only where I knew no one but was culturally different as well. A northern 50-year old soon-to-be-divorced woman moving on her...
Give Up? Never!
This only sets my resolve even more. I will figure this out. I’m prying these plates apart if it’s the last thing I do. By now I’m trying to accept that I may have to throw away my favorite pie plate, one of those special pottery kinds, because of the mallet I may take to it.
After a week in the freezer, I try again. Not budging. Not even a little. Feeling desperate now I run it under the hottest water I can. Then I soak it. Cemented. What the H —E—Double L is in this crust?? This is no longer a cooking fail but a test of will.
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