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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Category: Aging
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...
Read MoreLetters from Renée: Settling Emotional Debt
I had the subject of taxes on my mind a month ago or so, but not in financial terms so much as from the side of emotional debt and emotional credits. Given my age of just around the corner from my 95th birthday, I wanted to feel...
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The Art of Worry: Give Me a Moment
I cried because my immediate thought was, “how long before I see my granddaughter...
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The Streets of My Home: Louisville, Colorado
I love my home. The pure magnitude of businesses affected by Covid-19 is devastating and...
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