Tag Archives: Aging

Looking forward to new adventures

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Blog Mavens

  Isabel,  Just turned 70   Well it happened! I turned 70 two weeks ago after lamenting about it for 6 months. I thought it would be like last year when I turned 69 and every other year in my … Continue reading →

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Nothing stays the same from year to year

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Sheila,  Age 69 11/12 70….it sounds OLD, but mentally I feel about 40. Some concerns at this age: 1) loss of confidence in physical agility with noticeable balance insecurity particularly after a few minor falls” 2) “crepey” skin particularly on … Continue reading →

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Staring 70 straight in the face

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Patty,  Age 69 Here I am staring 70 straight in the face and fearing that I will have to tell someone someday soon that I am OMG 70!!! To me that is the definitive age of being “old” although most … Continue reading →

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Who will I become as I age?

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Regine,  Age 68 When my mother was in her mid-seventies she became very demanding and complained a lot – about the things she could no longer do (she had arthritis), about my father’s faults, things others didn’t do right. I … Continue reading →

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Aging parents

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Regine,  Age 68 A friend mentioned your web site to me, and it looks very interesting and useful. I’ve had a varied career — been a teacher, arts administrator, consultant, and am now focussing on my own writing (3 self-published … Continue reading →

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Now what?

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Bonnie,  Almost 69 I will be 69 in a couple of weeks. I’m already thinking about 70. We moved to Montana 16 years ago. Live in a rural area. Therefore I haven’t made too many friends especially in my age … Continue reading →

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Conscious aging

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Jane Rosalea Booth-Robertson,   Age 70

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Things to do with our time

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Helen, Age 70 Things to do when time hangs heavy: When I started a new job in a new city, I gained a lot by joining a church (Unitarian Universalist). When I retired, I started volunteer work (Habitat for Humanity, … Continue reading →

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69 and counting down!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Anonymous,  Almost 70 How grateful I was to find your site. I will turn 70 in 2 weeks time, and I have gone from never thinking about aging, dying etc., to it doing my head in. I think once I have … Continue reading →

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My poem

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Blog Mavens

Ella Mahler In my own thriving in the eighth decade I am doing it. It is okay. If can make it It is okay. I can get up at four (as Sylvia Plath did) and write. If I can just … Continue reading →

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