I just plucked a stubborn chin hair while riding the exercise bike. And here I’ve been thinking that I have no life.* * I have been feeling down the last few days, missing my old life so much the only defense is to shut down so I don’t feel the pain….
Down today, the prevailing thought is this: How an I to play the hand I’ve been dealt when I can’t see it?
This Saturday night, my husband and I spent the evening with two of my favorites. During the two-hour show, AC 360 and Bravo Andy shared stories that only the best of friends have and we laughed so hard my face still hurts two days later. Afterwards, we got to meet…
Last night I watched the series finale of American Idol and enjoyed every minute of it. It was fun to see all the contestants from previous seasons. Back then I was as young as them. But I really wasn’t. When the show started I was 37. Hardly a kid and yet…
I have always been a perfectionist. It’s in my DNA, my father was the same. I remember rewriting homework while in elementary school because it didn’t look good enough to me. Now 50, nothing has changed in this regard except the homework, thank goodness. What is it they say? That…
Today we received unexpected news from my husband’s cardiologist that his heart pump number has improved. Two and a half years after a virus attacked his heart we thought that this function had plateaued. We were wrong and never so happy to be so. He has done great since the…
Superman and Lex Luther.Batman and The Joker.The Hatfields and McCoys.Sister Rain and Twist Ties. The great foe of my life is not blindness but a tiny wire wrapped in plastic that keeps my bread fresh. It packs a double punch every time I want a piece of toast or should…
In my closest circle of girlfriends, everyone is experiencing age-related physical problems. We are all in our 50s, although I am the youngest (love you, gurls), and we are, quite frankly, falling apart. Collectively, we have female problems, intestinal issues, funky looking skin areas, bad knees, bad feet, bad shoulder,…
