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Married young, two husbands, one child, worked for thirty years, retired at 55 both from day job and my alternate career as a classical singer. Now I'm at loose ends trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.

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How did you get to where you are now?: Mostly from bizarre twists of Fate; rarely from careful planning.
How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?: At sixty, I am more cynical, yet wiser than I was at fifty. I've also adjusted to my older face and body; at fifty, I was still fighting it.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?: I hope to be much happier at seventy, and behaving outrageously.

a postcard to my younger self

Relax kid, calm down and don't be so anxious. Grab the baby and leave this guy; he's chipping away at your self-esteem because it's the only way he can feel superior to you. You can make it without him and you'll be much happier. You are a beautiful, good person and deserve to be happy.

my role models

My grandmother, my aunt, my mother, my older sisters.

my posts

my comments

Response to: Grandmaâ€™s first baby steps

Comment posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:56 pm:
"Being a grandmother has been a great joy in my life, even though the circumstances have been a little difficult. My only son is bipolar and his marriages have not been successful, but he is a loving and good father. When my two grandsons were on the ..." (read comment)

Response to: COLONOSCOPY: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly!

Comment posted on September 21, 2010 at 12:56 pm:
"I've had two through the years and both were fine. The first time, I drank the gallon of nasty citrus stuff, which seemed to be overkill and made me a little sick and sore, but the second time, I went on a clear liquid diet for a couple of days, then..." (read comment)

Response to: Siblings in our middle years

Comment posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:21 pm:
"I adore my sisters. They are ten and eight years older than me and I feel like I had three mothers: our real mother and my sisters. I talk to my eldest sister almost every day, but our middle sister has always been a bit distant from us. Our mother w..." (read comment)

Response to: Who You Calling an Elder Blogger?

Comment posted on August 25, 2010 at 2:19 pm:
"I hate labels of all sorts, especially if I consider them personally demeaning, but my reality is that I am in the third and last portion of my life. I accept this and don't worry about descriptions and labels. People who insist on putting down older..." (read comment)

Response to: My Body My Self

Comment posted on August 6, 2010 at 1:16 pm:
"Yikes! I'm so sorry. I think it's too bad that a lot of the big lessons in life come with a heavy price. Thank you for posting your story, though, because keeping our power over our own bodies is something we need to consider as we get older. I also ..." (read comment)