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Tis the Season
I’ve realized that sometimes you get no second chance and that it’s best to accept the gifts the world offers you. Paulo Coelho And so it begins, the mad rush to the holidays and year’s end. It always seems to me that once we get to Halloween the year is over in a blink of…
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Another Look at Grace
I do not understand the mystery of grace-only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott When I chose, Aging with Grace, as the title for my blog, I did a lot of thinking about grace and what it means to me. Over the past…
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Retrospection
What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a life time of chocolate Katherine Hepburn A life time of chocolate and a myriad of other influences. All the wrinkles, white hair and extra pounds have been earned. As we age, our past experiences and choices have a way of catching up with…
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Abundance isn’t Always Simple
She gives us hope that adversity can be overcome and it’s possible to find a way back.
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Who Do You Follow?
Tell me who you follow and I will tell you who you are. Andre Breton I ran across this quote in Notes on my phone. I have everything from the garage door code to a list of books I want to read on this app. In this case, seeing this particular quote was a bit…
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Perfection
The problem is not that we are not perfect, it’s that we think that perfect exists. Author Unknown I did not inherit my Mother’s skill for flower arranging. The problem, I believe, is I just don’t know when to stop. I keep moving the bedraggled flowers around until they are bent over and wilted, begging…
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It’s Never Too late
For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, you have the strength to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald For as long as I remember, I wanted to go to Paris. Because of…
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Tranquility
You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit. Stacy London I have written about my unease in this post pandemic life and about my love of flowers. This vase of summer flowers, beneath a painting of a field of…
Aging with Grace 