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Tag Archives: aging
Tipsy Lit is a wonderful site for all kinds of writers. If you’re interested in joining the fun, check out the details here and add your story to the link by Friday. Voting is on Saturday. If you like this … Continue reading
Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. Hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, writers from all over the world are challenged to write a 100-word story, with a beginning, middle and end. Please join us or check out the other wonderful stories Here. Please Note: … Continue reading
Please note: My computer is down and in the shop. I am lucky to get a few minutes to post my FF story this week, but found it nearly impossible, while traveling, last week, to read all of the stories … Continue reading
An Open Letter To My (almost) Adult Children
Dear guys, It’s time for us to have a little talk. Of course, it’s my platform here, so I’m talking and maybe you’ll listen. You are all almost adults now, and well, that requires some adjusting. For all of us. … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged #WPLongform, aging, College age children, Grown children, Musings, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, women
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Remember The Time… We Jumped, Because We Could.
This post is part of the on-going blog hop hosted at The Waiting and Are You Finished Yet. Writers follow the prompt “Remember the time… (new topic each week)”, and share stories from way back when. You can find other … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Aging, Blog, Blogging, Musings, My world, Tales From the Motherland, Writing
Tagged aging, Blog hop, BMX, childhood, Remember The Time..., Tales from the Motherland
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Becoming The Clichés I Mocked
Hindsight is indeed 20/20; so is your vision, when you’re young— or for many of us, it is. It’s only later, much much later, that you start to look back on so many things, and say: Oh, now I get … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged #WPLongform, aging, cliches, health, Humor, Long posts, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, Vanity
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Chasing the Dream, On Bucket List Publications
I am so excited to announced that I will be writing a weekly featured post on Bucket List Publications. Lesley Carter, the founder and Bucket List dream maker, has created a really amazing site, where others can come along on … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, how blogs work, Life, Musings, My world, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged #WPLongform, aging, Aspirations, Bucket List Publications, getting published, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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The U.N. Expands, and Fractures My Heart… Again.
Note to new readers: Our family took in two foreign exchange students from August 2011 until June 2012. Denmark is a 17 yr (now 18) old girl. China is a 16 yr (now 17) old boy. The U.S. is our 15 yr … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blogging, Can't sleep, Daily Observations, Foreign exchange students, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Israel, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Summer, Tales From the Motherland, The U.N., Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged #WPLongform, Adult kids, aging, Humor, Life transitions, Longform, Musings, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, The U.N.
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So your child is graduating from High School? Mazel! Congratulations! Bravo! Way to go: parent and graduate! Graduation from High School is a big deal. It really is. But it’s taken me a few rounds to really appreciate that. I … Continue reading
Dear Mother…
Dear young mother at the park, Today I watched you stand by the bay, holding your baby boy, and I couldn’t take my eyes off of you. I’m not a stalker; I’m an aging mother, and seeing you there, touched … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mother's Day, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged aging, Dawn Quyle Landau, Memories, Mother's Day, Motherhood, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, women
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