Tag Archives: aging
Random Act of Kindness
RAVE to the woman who puts jigsaw puzzles in her Little Free Library! They’re such a joy to do, thanks for sharing yours! RAVE to kindness. Flying home from Oakland, California, a week ago, I was next to a pleasant seatmate with whom … Continue reading
The Misplacement
Comical Explanation
Jingling Us Out of Trouble
My sister, mother and I were driving with “Gam,” our surrogate grandmother, when our 1990 Accord conked out at an intersection in Santa Ana. Seven years old, I sat crying in the back seat, thinking, “We’re going to die right … Continue reading
Nature
After each statement sit with what comes up for you and feel into what you’re experiencing, not turning away from any of it. I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old.I am … Continue reading
Not Expendable
“It only kills old people anyway,” the young doctor said to my 72-year-old grandmother. Miffed, she recounted this interaction to me over the phone. “I could have a good 20 years left!” My grandmother mails me homemade quilts. She cares … Continue reading
