Waiting
Waiting for chaos to end. Waiting for the pandemic to end. Waiting for a fresh cup of coffee....
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Category: Aging
Making Choices: Election Day
I did not vote for fascism just when my country plunged deeply into a vile dictatorship. Last...
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It is 2020 now as I look back some seventy odd years later, stunned at a time so changed. “Will you vote Labour this time, Eric?” No, he would not. He had always voted Tory. Attlee had taken Labour into the war in 1940. The...
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Cooking. For Me
I’ve discovered that cooking is good self-care. It doesn’t have to be about others, or...
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I’ve Lost Myself
The old and shrunk woman ahead of me is no one with whom I am familiar. I find her depressing....
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My Crystal Ball is Big On Hope
I fought back tears and was grateful for a mask to hide behind. The moment she spoke about...
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Not Fading Away
These past few months I’ve felt almost as if I am fading away, kind of like a morning mist...
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Letters from Renée: Loving Beyond Dementia
Helping a dying man, your husband, as he is slowly diminishing, slowly dying, shrinking, is also...
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Searching for Home: Ten Years In Colorado
Ten years ago, I thought home could only be found west of the Mississippi, snuggled below the...
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Adventures Closer to Home
This was an adventure because after a few months of lock down even our rare drives to the...
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Letters from Renée: Snapshots of an Earlier Time
I have asked myself millions of times: “How could she give birth to a child, take on a lover and...
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Colleen O’Laughlin Talks About Age, Bodies, and Acceptance
I don’t think my former body is coming back, at least not without sacrifices that seem just a bit...
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