Throwing Away My Past Life: Part 3
My past life has now been shredded. I’ve sorted and purged my multitude of banker’s boxes and file cabinet drawers. …
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Throwing Away My Past Life: Part 2 (Hard!)
Some things from my boxes I can’t throw away. Yet. I was doing fine with my purge until the final …
Throwing Away My Past Life
George Burns once said, “You know you’re getting old when you stoop down to tie your shoelaces and wonder what …
Wintering in AZ
I’m getting ready to say goodbye to my winter hideout in AZ; in a few weeks, I’ll be heading home …
Growing Older: On Turning 80
“What are you trying to prove?” my friend asked in a text. I had just sent her a photo of …
T is for Taxes
An Entry in the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Taxes. I’ve made my fifth trip to my …
S is for Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files
I stand here by a wall of metal file cabinets—three in a row, four drawers each—a nursing career of memories …
N is for Normal
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge I wince when I think of normal, especially …
K is for Karaoke
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge: As a member of a Writing Circle at …
J is for Jinx, Jabber, and Jumble
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge J is such fun letter that I could not …
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