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mclaire12

i am  a former Real Estate Broker and avid music lover. i was born and raised in chicago, I love my home and the way i made it look.

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How did you get to where you are now?

I just tried things and if they worked i kept on and if they failed 

i did something else. I also found good bosses and if they knew what they were doing i did it too. I watched people, studied a lot, practiced faith in my self, and worked hard. 

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How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

i am shrewder, not as gullible. i am more sure than ever of my values. Especially "do no harm"  i am much more careful of interacting with negative critical people. I am not as "great" looking as i was but i dont care. I am studying Feng Shui and am always learning something, am working on having less regrets.

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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Not a good question. I will be very old

a postcard to my younger self

i know how you struggled young one . you worked very hard and you did brave things. You were ina very toxic environment. 

Dear young one i remember what it felt like when you got on that train at 28 with $100.00, no health insurance, an eviction notice, and an emerging pneumonia,inadequate divorce papers and 2 babies. I dont kow how you did it but you did. I made a bad choice and i apologize to you with love. Now decades later that husband is publishing a book as a tribute to the so called other woman who is the love of his life. They believe they are wonderful. So be it. Infidelity and cruelty are not unimportant. We got through all of it. 

 

 

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my role models

VP JoeBiden Epictetus the Stoic   

my posts

“amicable” divorce

Posted in family & relationships on January 05, 2012
I would like to share the unusual story of a divorce that went away and came back. I would like an opinion.read more »

unfaithful husbands

Posted in family & relationships on June 16, 2011

If they thought about it, it harms people, and these men don’t get that. These children will be scarred for life. Mine are.

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the truth

Posted in family & relationships on April 29, 2010

i read the bio’s of the staff and founders.i did not have a role model in my family. My mother was a discouraged lady who gave up. all the others were no…

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infidelity

Posted in family & relationships, love & sex on January 27, 2010

is it inevitable? is it emotionally draining? how overcome it?/

 

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Boundary-crossing Boomer women, let’s share our stories!

Posted in news, spirituality, work & money on September 22, 2009

I think we are making progress. I have been thinking outside the box, showing by my life what a woman can do. I wish I had gotten farther, but am proud that…

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my comments

Response to: divorce

Comment posted on January 5, 2012 at 12:39 pm:
"when i was about 27 and had been married for about 7 years to a college classmate he thought he had fallen inl love with his assistant. After a year of clumsy efforts to revive a dead relationship i saw he would never leave her, asked him to leave, e..." (read comment)

Response to: unfaithful husbands

Comment posted on June 17, 2011 at 8:46 am:
"i divorced in 1957,put it behind me ,and moved on very well.I let it go.remarried and went into business, So in 2007 when the love of #1's life died and he put all the infidelity in the NY Times,and all over the internet, it was brought back ,and my ..." (read comment)

Response to: getting my story out there

Comment posted on June 16, 2011 at 10:38 am:
"to all the ladies whose mothers are driving them nuts. i am 83,had 3 surgeries,al joint replacements from being hit buy a car as a pedestrian.i have a son far away and a daughter. i have full time help,my son hasnt visited more than 6 times in 25 yrs..." (read comment)

Response to: Arthritis

Comment posted on July 31, 2010 at 4:58 pm:
"Beegee i want to do inflammatory diet.Any suggestions?..." (read comment)

Response to: Arthritis

Comment posted on July 31, 2010 at 4:57 pm:
"I thought i was the only one .My health stuff started the year my family all got mad at me and wouldnt tell me why. It is still going on like a virus. I have a comment somewhere on my adult children. They are disrespectful and i think it is their own..." (read comment)