Tag: middle age
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Moving: The Highlight Reel
We finally moved last week. My experience confirms the myriad of lists claiming moving is one of the top five life stressors. Iām also grateful to God that it was only moving stress and nothing more serious. We made it out aliveš, relatively in-tact physically, and are giving ourselves the…
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Optimism Doesn’t Equal Denial
Once upon a time, in a land long ago (called my thirties), I still retained a significant amount of optimism, even about the smallest things. I have always been a pragmatist, but a cheerful one. Fast-forward to my 50ās and though I still work toward positivity, Iām not the Pollyanna…
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You’re Middle-Age When…Product Reviews
You are highly suspicious of any review starting with, āThis review was collected as part of a promotionā or, the latest new wording: “product gifted by (XYZ company)”. The exception: book reviews! But, back to products… If you’re really observant, you’ll notice some reviews contain the “research results”. If you’re…
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And So She Flew…Again
I laid in bed, silently grumbling that I was awake at 5:30am and didnāt need to be on that particular Friday morning. My eldest daughter was getting ready for work upstairs and I wondered if her Shark hair styler woke me. I pulled the blanket up to my chin, hoping…
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You’re Middle-Age When…Heating Pads and High Heels
High heels and wine glasses previously lingering from Friday nights long ago, have been replaced by heating pads and orthopedic footwearā¦ This was my Saturday morning view on the way to the kitchen-from my Friday night of packing boxes (we are selling this big empty nest–another post someday)… I still…
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When the Adult Kids Move Back Home, Must Mom and Dad Step it Back Up?
My husband and I were slow to adjust to the empty nest. When our third child moved out a year ago, we shuffled through the house aimlessly for a couple of months. Cooking dinner according to the kidsā various work and gym schedules was no longer necessary. Going out to…
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You’re Middle-Age When…Commercials
You fondly remember the hilarious, super fun, feel-good television commercials of the past. Now? Commercial watching is ruined. Big pharma is one of many reasons to only stream commercial-free tv. Christmas commercials used to be a gentle, snowy, nostalgic-generating 15-30 seconds during a December television show. Super Bowl commercials even…
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You’re Middle-Age When…Powders and Supplements
The protein powdersā¦supplementsā¦even exercise become more about health, less about appearance! Sure, some products can multi-task, but by mid-life for most people, the primary interests become feeling good and staying healthy. When I tried various vitamins, collagen, etc., in the past, they were more about looking good. Then: Omega-3s for…
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Lunching with my Grown Up Baby
While pushing a triplet stroller (twins and my third 22 months younger), random strangers regularly offered adviceā¦at the park, at the mallā¦ (when strolling at the mall was still a thing)ā¦ wherever I might be causing a scene with a three-seater. Of all the suggestions I politely listened to as…
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Are We in āMid-Lifeā or on the Back 9?
Speaking in golf terms for my husband, I answer across the room, āwe are on the back nine, no longer in mid-lifeā. Heās not happy. āWhy do you have to say that?ā We were talking about him turning 60 last summer and me being deep into my 50ās. Itās a…
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And So She Flew….
This blog has been quiet lately, but my nest has not been. My just-turned-23-year-young daughter (one of the twins) landed the kind of job we’ve been praying for since graduation last May. I rejoiced alongside her four weeks ago that God answered our prayers BIG, but was stunned that the…
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You’re Middle Age When…My Waistline
Your weight is the same that it has been for 10 years, but suddenly you need the next size up in pants!? Stuff shifts, people. There are worse things in life for sure, but it’s a bummer. If you read my previous post, I’m protesting the next size up by…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 