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I am sixty-something woman with a very ordinary life or to some an extraordinary life. The path to where I am now will be covered in the next section on how I got to where I am. So as to my bio let's just stick to the facts. I was born to very interesting parents, in Boston, Massachusetts. My Mother had been a singer and had made a couple of movies for RKO, very unusual in Boston. My Father was a retailer and I guess considered quite a catch as a bachelor. Nine years older than my Mother, I think meeting my Mother put an end to his bachelor days. I grew up in a reasonably normal household, if there is such a thing, except the part about the former life of an actress. A tough act to follow. I went to college, got married, had two children, moved seven times in seven years as a corporate wife and got a divorce. How am I doing so far? Remarried, had another child, moved to California and the rest should be covered in the next section! Feel free to drop by my blog, nothing for sale, no ads and no pressure. Feedback encouraged. SilverFoxyBlog.org
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How did you get to where you are now?
Never having really worked in my life before I was divorced, I decided I needed to say I did something! With an education in fine arts and having decorated four houses as we moved around, I became an Interior Designer and played around with that until I remarried. After moving to California, as my younger son got older I went back to Interior Designing, had my own firm for awhile and enjoyed the work but not necessarily the clients. I joined Weight Watchers with a friend and so admired the motivational speakers or leaders as they were called, I decided to apply for the job. For the first time in my life I left my comfort zone and became a public speaker. I loved it, to be able to make people laugh and help them to reach their goals was a delight. I remained a leader for fifteen years but eventually you can only speak about one subject for so long and I left the job. I had no idea how much I would miss my co-workers and my members. I hated being home with no real focus and I looked around for some thing to do! What that something was is a story unto itself and we will save that for a later date. Now I am trying my hand at blogging with an eye to speaking in some capacity some day but for now this will do.
How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?
I never thought I would become, in middle age, more ambitious than I ever was when I was a young woman and i'm thinking that, when I'm ninety there will be no stopping me! Where was this person when I needed her!!!
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Either dead or the oldest woman ever to apply for a pilots license, so I can fly myself to speaking engagements

a postcard to my younger self

Relax, we never have as much control of our circumstance as we think we do!!

my role models

Oprah Winfrey, just because; Hillary Clinton, because she really became her own person; Meredith Viera, great wit and sense of humor and a devoted wife without being a martyr

my posts

Julie Chen’s…………Five Point Maneuver

Posted in other topics on October 19, 2012

 

On a day when I was feeling very, very old I happened to catch The Talk on CBS. Julie Chen, who is at most 43, was demonstrating how she now has…

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Life Gives Us More Choices After Fifty

Posted in other topics, spirituality on September 06, 2012
Is it worth looking back and seeing where, had you chosen differently, your life would not be the same today? Some things you can not go back and "do over," but some you can. Pick the ones you believe you can, and go for it!read more »

Open Letter to Bob Kraft

Posted in news, other topics on August 19, 2012
This week after much soul-searching I must break my own rules and comment on a public figure.read more »

Friends In Pain………Does It Hurt Too Much

Posted in health & fitness, other topics, spirituality on July 27, 2012
I am watching my dear friend Caryl like a hawk, to get some life lessons. I hope she'll continue to show such courage in the face of pain.read more »

You Never Know When The Last Time You Had Sex…..Will Be The Last Time You Have Sex

Posted in other topics on July 15, 2012
Now that I have your attention, let me say this is not a blog about sex (so sorry). It is simply a metaphor for growing older. read more »

my comments

Response to: a mirror fast! Could you? Would you?

Comment posted on January 31, 2013 at 12:22 pm:
"Absolutely, with a full time make-up artist and hair dresser, and I do mean full time 24/7!!!!!!!..." (read comment)

Response to: How to go white gracefully?

Comment posted on January 22, 2013 at 1:13 am:
"I wrote about this awhile back. Fifteen years ago I stopped coloring my hair and the only way to do it is to keep cutting it very short. I think I went to Supercuts once a week until all the color was gone, doesn't take as long as you think if you ke..." (read comment)

Response to: Julie Chen's............Five Point Maneuver

Comment posted on October 21, 2012 at 12:32 am:
"Thank you, I know I need to do some exercise, but I use every excuse I can to avoid it, this week I'll try a little harder...." (read comment)

Response to: The Empty Nest: It's Not Temporary

Comment posted on July 15, 2012 at 3:13 pm:
"Loved your post, especially the part about not wanting to bother your children with your stuff. When my first son went back east to college, I would tell people it felt like someone turned one lamp off in my living room. I still had light from the ot..." (read comment)

Response to: 50 Shades of Grey

Comment posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:42 pm:
"Loved them! A little repetitive. If you take out all the sex you have the movie, Pretty Woman. My husband and I both read them and we began to talk about the characters as tho they were our friends...." (read comment)