Tag: aging
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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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Southern Cemetery Etiquette
There’s an etiquette in Southern cemeteries — and in returning to the town where Mama is buried. A meditative essay on grief, memory, and the quiet rituals that hold us together long after loss.
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Good for Me… At Least for this Moment
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Passion to the Third Degree. So this guy is good for me, at least for this moment. I have no idea where it will go or for how long but as I’ve said before, I’m just enjoying it and accepting the gift that it is to me for…
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Observations on Sex, Life, and Rock-n-Roll (but Mostly Sex)
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. Observations…. – Not all sex toys are dishwasher safe. From the Bookshelf Give Your Life Direction — 23 life-coaching tips to get unstuck and moving again. Available direct from the author → – Thanks to the girls’ not keeping the puppy out of the…
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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…
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I Want This
Shannon and I rounded the corner of the gardens in Callaway at the same time and stopped short, both our mouths open. Ahead of us, under a spread of Japanese cherry trees with blossoms fluttering like snow to the ground, was something we both wanted. For Shannon, it was the perfect shot. Her photography class…
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The Middle Age, at Last, and How I Knew
When I took a look at Aislinn’s 14th birthday pictures, taken at my mom’s kitchen table, I understood at last that I am now in the Middle Age. It’s not a year or span of years or any way society or a medical record might define it. It’s my own definition. From the Bookshelf Unapologetically…
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Ace of Cups?
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. I’m not spending much money these days, but when I took the girls shopping tonight for school clothes, I indulged in a couple of new, er, bras. No leather or fur this time—just luscious laces. I’ve always had a bit of a love affair with…
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Can You Be Happy at 30? Damned at 35? Delirious at 40?
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Crimes to the Third Degree. It’s an odd question that surfaces among one of my more sociable writers’ groups. Are people really happy at 30? And what happens to make them sour on life before they turn 40, so much of it stinging them around 33 to 35…
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“Ewwww,” She Said.
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Crimes to the Third Degree. “Eeeeeewwwww,” Shannon said under her breath while we were taking a walk down a neighboring street. She looks over her shoulder at some guy about 35 who is doing yard work late in the afternoon. The guy’s just said hi to me and…
