Category: Aging
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Squirrels
What details of your life could you pay more attention to? I’m very good at being busy. If there was a detail I need to focus on, it would be difficult to identify. I have been an ADHD kid all my life, long before the diagnosis was a thing. There was no medication for it…
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The Day After
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. It was a beautiful day. My husband and I went to church then to the movies. We have six children, one very adult daughter, three newly adult daughters and two teen sons. Did any of the children spend time with me? Did I receive any gifts? One daughter was home and…
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Desire
What motivates you? Desire motivates me. Desire to be a good person. Desire for happiness. Desire for love. Desire for peace. When I want something I work to get it. Love & Light, Lori
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Live Long, yes please
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? A want a long life, most days. On days when I am exhausted, not so much. My husband and I have an ongoing discussion about who will die first. I know, that sounds morbid. I tell him he is not allowed to…
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Round is a shape right?
I’m so out of shape. If someone yells, “Run for your life!” I will yell back, “Y’all go ahead. I’m going to meet Jesus. I’m ready.” I saw my doctor today and we have a plan. We, like he’s going to eat what I eat and work at not dying with me. It’s not that…
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Get out of my Way
What are your biggest challenges? By far my biggest challenge to anything I do is me. My own impulsive thoughts or my inability to make a decision. Can I do this? Am I good enough? That’s so silly. Because all of that happens in my head. I got this. I can do hard things. Light…
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To Cow or not to Cow
What are your feelings about eating meat? I’m not a vegetarian. I like red meat. However, all social and cultural reasons aside, I can’t ignore the proof that not eating animal products saved my mother’s life. Her doctors gave her 5 years to live with a newly diagnosed genetic disease and that was 7 years…
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I don’t Cry
What brings a tear of joy to your eye? I think this question is meant to provoke sweet stories of deep feelings and tranquillity. Sorry folks, not happening here. I used to cry at every little thing. Then life happened. I learned that my tears are only valuable to me. If I have a tear…
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Friendship is Weird
We find people we want to hang with, so we do. Then we discover we like similar stuff so we do that. Then over time, we like new stuff, and our friend doesn’t like the new things. We are still friends, but we don’t do as much stuff together anymore. Then you are at a…
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10 Things You Must Accept
As I look at my life, which is, in my opinion, a good life, I still want to change things. After some examination, I discovered ten things that we all must accept if we want to move our life forward. And who wants to be stagnant? Who does not want to live their best life?…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 