Category: middle age
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If I Knew Then What I Know Now
My grandmother’s words recently came to mind. She murmured this phrase frequently, with regret swelling her voice.
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Sounds of the City
I imagine what the street looked like in the 1950s or earlier, and wonder who lived in these now-converted mansions.
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New Zip Code=Disrupted Routine. And I’m Finally Embracing It
“Routine is boring!” … my kids would whine. Maybe, but life is built on consistency. Habits. Routine…
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Etiquette is Becoming Obsolete…Even at the Library
I love love and rarely watch a rom-com I don’t enjoy. But my affinity for love-stories does not carry over…
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The Everyday, Rarely-Instagrammed-Things
The Instagram version of life is enticing. Out there is better. The grass is greener. If we’re wise, we know that “out there” is right here: in the home, at work, during conversations. Time. Presence. Effort.
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Happy Galentine’s Day
A lady I just met (literally ten minutes earlier), randomly started discussing how difficult it was to work with other women.
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10 at the End – December 2025
One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life. Krista Ritchie Here we are on December 31st, and I’m trying hard to take a moment. To be present at…
