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Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"I say the search continues because if there's one thing I've learned, it's that I'll never really arrive anywhere. Just look at where my Vibrant Nation journey has taken me – to the edge of a book."
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Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"I'm living in a strange land among strangers. A place where there are no memories save new ones, and no former selves to haunt my days. In my newfound isolation from all that was familiar, I'm learning something more about self-reliance."
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Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"I've been bugging Russ for a while now to do a "guest spot" on my Vibrant Nation journal. I mean, after all, so much of the story is about us in particular, and him indirectly. And there are, after all, two sides to every story."
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Posted on Friday, September 04, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"I didn't want to change. Wisdom or no wisdom, I wasn't ready to move into Elder, Crone, or Matriarch status. The price was too high. To hell with wisdom. I wanted to stay young."
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Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"Like many women, I tend to console myself with food, celebrate with food, and pretty much fill a variety of empty spaces with food. I've gained at least 20 pounds over the last 10 months."
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Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"Many years ago, the evening bath became the carrot at the end of my day. When I slide into a hot bathtub everything else drops away. I'm there. My mind slows down, my attention focuses. I shut my eyes and breathe."
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Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
We thought the remodel would be a few weeks of hard work followed by a new lease on life in the old barn. Instead, we were stranded in the main house for months, living out of suitcases, helpless. Impatience moved into frustration, which moved into anxiety, which, with nowhere else to go, began to congeal in an undercurrent of anger.
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Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"Nancy Lee Hixson wanted nothing to do with the whitewashed, watered-down tribute family members would likely write for her after she passed away. So she took matters into her own hands...and wrote her own obituary. What would you write in yours?"
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Posted on Sunday, August 02, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"After years of patiently listening and advising me as I struggled to find my way, my friend snapped. She said she just couldn't do it any more."
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Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 by Sarah G. Carter
"When I think of the word "friend," the image that comes to mind is female. So I was surprised to learn that many women don't care for other women. They see them at best as competition, at worst as enemies."
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