I received an email that asked, “Is your thyroid making you fat?” Well of course it is! Don’t fool yourself into believing that it is the Little Debbie Cakes and the deep-fried foods – oh, no it’s that pesky thyroid upsetting the apple cart – or conversely, turning me into a pear. About seven years [...]
Tag: Aging
Define “old”…
Age is relative. I can remember at various ages in my life relating to others as being so much older. When Cheyenne was nine she talked about a twelve year old she knows as if she were a seasoned woman of the world. On the other end, she referred to the kindergarten and first grade [...]
Digress much?
So...do you digress much? It sounds like a bad pick-up line at a senior citizen’s dating club. I half expect to see an octogenarian wearing bell bottoms and a shirt that is unbuttoned half way down his chest winking from across the table. Senior citizen dating – whatever possessed me to go there? Alas, I [...]
Photographic evidence
My husband loves having his photo taken. If there is a camera within fifty feet he is smiling in its direction. I find this patently annoying particularly when he is sitting next to me. I am not a fan of having my photo taken. Nine times out of ten I look like a goober. Lord [...]
Imitation…the sincerest form of flattery?
The kids in 2002, 2003 and in 2006 I have had a quote by James Baldwin taped to my desk for years that says, "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." It remains there as a reminder that in all things I [...]
On the rise
Kat, me and Tam many moons ago... I have a confession. About five years ago I was the target of an intervention (yes, it is true). My friends Kat and Tam cared enough to tell me the truth and I have to tell you it changed my life. I was out-of-touch and my problem areas [...]
Wanted dead or alive…
I heard yesterday that one of my colleagues in the field of emergency management died. She wasn't all that old (but age is relative to how old you are and having arrived at the new forty I can only say - she was "older" than me, but not "old"). It seems I have heard about [...]
THE NEW FORTY 