A few days ago I mentioned two words that I was looking forward to – retirement eligible. Lately, I have been thinking about retirement in general. At one point in my life, when I was much younger and more naive, I looked at that stage in life very differently than I do now. I thought…
Month: January 2010
The Power of Memoir
This morning I had something in my mind that I planned to share, but I decided to save that for another day after I came upon the following. It is an act of courage and personal power to dare to write the truths you hold, to carve a space in the vast realms of time…
Birthday Milestones
Yesterday was my fifty-first birthday. It was as quiet day, no fuss and no muss, just the way I wanted it. Gerry bought me a big comfy manager chair for my office, there were birthday greetings from family and friends, and a special piece of turtle cheesecake after dinner, but all-in-all it was a day…
Conveniences
I’m working at home this morning. I’ve got some things to do for the upcoming Stories from the Heart conference, some personal paperwork to tend to, research to do, phone calls to make, and of course I’ll be working on my book. It’s quiet up here in my office, where the click click of the…
All Consuming
It has taken over my life. The book that I am working on has begun to consume almost every waking moment. When I wake up in the middle of the night, as I’m prone to do, I find myself thinking about where in the story I am working and where I’m going with it the next…