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Happily married wife and mother of 6 and grandmother of more.  Middle-aged, and trying to recoup the opportunity to study and expand my knowledge, and improve my quality of life and of those around me.

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my VN interview

How did you get to where you are now?

Saw an add on facebook

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

I have more perspective and more patience and compassion, but I am disappointed in my life.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

 I hope to have achieved some personal goals that have been neglected until now.

a postcard to my younger self

Enjoy your good health, looks, energy and determination. In another 20 years, things may be much bleaker.

my role models

My dear mother.  My personal advisor.  A good and close friend, who is far away.

my posts

Is it possible to enjoy another of the opposite sex and it not end in the bedroom?

Posted in family & relationships, love & sex on October 15, 2009

what is the intention here?

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Menopause is a bummer!

Posted in health & fitness on October 14, 2009

The weight is just settling on more and more.  I cycle into depression which results in more inertia, and as a result–sadness and more inertia–a vicious cycle.  Can’t break out of it,…

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my comments

Response to: Tearing through the job transition

Comment posted on July 8, 2010 at 2:41 pm:
"Another member expressed it right: "Not everyone has the personal resources or can afford the time it takes to do this." Not everyone NEEDS to cry and being of the 'Pro-active Generation' would rather take all the high-powered emotion and channel it ..." (read comment)

Response to: 10 mistakes that guarantee you'll get screwed in your divorce settlement

Comment posted on January 20, 2010 at 2:16 pm:
"What do you do when your ex runs off to another country, cannot be located, and continues to work, and save for himself for more than a decade without paying a penny of child support? I was left with a large family from elementary age kids- high scho..." (read comment)

Response to: How does forgiveness work?

Comment posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:45 pm:
"There is a lot of truth in what you say, I think it's relative to the degree/kind of suffering you experience... In some cases with the best of intentions to go on, there is a type of post traumatic stress reaction that can in some ways cripple a ..." (read comment)

Response to: LOST MY JOB AT 52

Comment posted on October 18, 2009 at 11:49 pm:
"Dear Friend, Everywhere I look, there are adds for nurses, schools that want to recruit nurses, and a constant barrage of advertising and information overload about how much in demand the health professions are--what is happening?..." (read comment)

Response to: LOST MY JOB AT 52

Comment posted on October 15, 2009 at 1:24 pm:
"Due to personal set-backs that prevented me from achieving my goal of becoming an RN, I feel disappointed how my goals weren't realized--but isn't nursing a position much in demand?..." (read comment)