Category: Aging Well
Reflections on aging as something to do well rather than survive — what changes, what matures, what to release, and what becomes possible only after you’ve lived long enough to recognize patterns.
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Able-Bodied Is a Temporary State of Being
A friend once told me that able-bodied is a temporary state of being. I didn’t fully understand it then. I do now—and it changed how I see accessibility, empathy, and every assumption I’d quietly made about who gets to move through the world with ease.
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The Grief We Grow Old Enough to Understand
I didn’t understand the old woman’s words of wisdom then. They were something it took 50 years to grow into.
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Learner CliftonStrength
The Learner CliftonStrength thrives on growth—but what about unlearning? For those raised on ‘push through the pain,’ our aging bodies are now asking for a new kind of partnership. Here’s how to stop overriding what your body is trying to tell you.
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Still Walking, Thank You Very Much
A red hiking pole from the Camino de Santiago became my mother’s, then mine — and an unexpected conversation with a 90-year-old neighbor about why we refuse the cane.
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The Problem I Didn’t Know Was Mine
A rushed afternoon, a dangerous open water meter, and a small decision that wasn’t really my job. Sometimes the fix you make for someone else quietly circles back — landing exactly where you step at 2 AM in the dark. A reflection on doing the right thing before it becomes someone’s emergency.
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Good and Bad in the World
A walk to the post office, a shattered hubcap, an old man quietly cleaning up after rude boys, and a tip that was worth more than money. The good in the world shows up where you least expect it.
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Who’s Listening at the Airport?
From a facial recognition snafu at TSA to defense contractors talking too freely at the gate — a return trip from Colorado proves that privacy in public is mostly an illusion.
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ReVisiting the Soundtrack of Youth
“Do you remember when you were 18 and starting the next phase of your life?” a 50-year-old woman asked me. “What were your favorite songs that year?” I found myself smiling immediately. “Funkytown” wasn’t exactly ground-breaking, but it was #1 the night I graduated from high school. On the rare occasion I hear it now,…
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Healing the Broken Circle
When I was a little girl, the song I heard playing all the time in my home was Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Maybe it was a super popular song at the time, or maybe it was popular in my own home because it was so soothing to my mother in those fast months when…
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Haunted Houses and the Ghosts of Tampa
When I first moved into a remodeled 100-year-old bungalow in Tampa, I wondered if it was haunted. After all, that’s a long time, and I do believe in ghosts. It took a year and a half before “something happened.” I’ve seen a couple of ghosts over the years, plus two angels (that I know of),…
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Prayers, Rituals, and Spells for the BP Gulf Oil Spill
Enjoying the sugar-white sand of the Grayton Beach – Destin area at Thanksgiving, pre- Oil Spill. Photo copyrighted; all rights reserved. Since I posted A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico a few weeks ago, I’ve been inundated with requests for rituals, spells, and prayers–both pagan and…
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God Watches over Fools and Over-40 Eyes
And in further news today….additional evidence that God watches over fools. A quick trip to the pharmacy was all I needed to decide it’s time to get new contact lenses. I waited patiently in line for an older-than-dirt couple to pay and toddle out and then I quickly and efficiently made my purchase and headed…
