The Scent of a Mother
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The Scent of a Mother

“My mother chewed parsley after meals. She loved to bathe in water scented with orange blossoms…”

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Rough Waters
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Rough Waters

Friday morning. It is a glorious morning filled with potential, yet I have been sitting here for the last two hours, aimlessly browsing the internet and playing a few games of addiction solitaire…

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The Fine Line Between Loneliness and Solitude
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The Fine Line Between Loneliness and Solitude

I’m eighty now and I live alone, a situation so common that you might even say loneliness goes hand in hand with being old, that the old are experts in loneliness.”…

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Slowing Down to the Speed of Wisdom
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Slowing Down to the Speed of Wisdom

The analogy of a puzzle has been a constant in my life. Whenever I did not understand something or got mired down in research without reaching a conclusion, I would ask myself, what is that missing puzzle piece…

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Sunday Morning Musings on Ageing
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Sunday Morning Musings on Ageing

You may think I am too focused on growing old as you read this. But no, it is only that I am keenly aware this week that I am paddling north…

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The Murky Waters of Validation
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The Murky Waters of Validation

When we were young, we needed external validation. And hopefully, we got it. Along life’s journey, we turn to self-validation. But I think my ability to practice self-validation may have been stunted…

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Getting Out of Yourself
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Getting Out of Yourself

Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary…

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Alone But Not Lonely
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Alone But Not Lonely

Older women are forging the kind of partnerships they want because society now allows different types of relationships…

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Sharing the Covers
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Sharing the Covers

He sleeps up next to me like he always does. Says it soothes his soul. But it’s my restlessness that gets calmed with his big old body next to mine.

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Consciously Managing My Mental Health
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Consciously Managing My Mental Health

Managing my mental health is very nearly a full-time job. I don’t take it lightly, because the stakes are high. Like many of us, I have a mind that is a very dangerous neighbourhood…

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Our Gifts to the World
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Our Gifts to the World

“It’s taken me nearly 60 years to learn how to hold steady when the world around me seems to be becoming more crazy. And, in the end, it’s a simple thing, really…”

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Life Stories: The Facts and So Much More
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Life Stories: The Facts and So Much More

In Senegal, when a woman dies, they say her library has burned down. The volumes of stories, experiences, and memories stored in the mind and soul disappear….

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Better or Bitter As We Age?
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Better or Bitter As We Age?

I have not yet read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. The main character, Ove, is described as the bitter neighbour from hell…

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A Light in the Dark
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A Light in the Dark

I have a joke with my sister, who I love very much…how will we recognize each other in an abstract life when we’ve lost our physical form?

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A Light Wind Swept Over the Corn
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A Light Wind Swept Over the Corn

Winds accompanies me as I row north. Heavy gales occasionally make me fearful on this journey. Luckily, I never have to contend with much more than a gentle breeze…

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Quiet As A Feather
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Quiet As A Feather

My island bedroom has a door that opens directly onto our deck. I sleep with the door wide open almost every night. The other evening my daughter crawled in beside me. Listen, I said to her…

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Stepping Gently Into the New Year
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Stepping Gently Into the New Year

Your growth is not about some destination far in the future; it’s about the little day to day changes that make you feel a little more joy, the ones that make you feel a little bit lighter, a little bit more of you.

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Our Lives Entwined With Others
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Our Lives Entwined With Others

When you live a life, under any name, that life becomes entwined with others. You leave a trail of potential consequences…

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