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I have a ‘Worry Chair’ and sitting in it is part of my daily routine. It wasn’t my idea, but the result of a group brainstorming. A bunch of middle-aged ladies at a weekend retreat, painting, talking, drinking, eating, and laughing. That’s when the concept was born.
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How dare I compare the two gentlemen you might wonder, yet that’s exactly what I will do. Perhaps it’s not so much a comparison more of a reminder of how relationships, marriages, love, and aging work.
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They are like two peas in a pod. Siblings, not by blood or breed, but by fortune. We, the humans living with them under the same roof are actually the fortunate ones. Our adopted fury babies ended up in the right house and we are grateful.
The day just started and now it’s 6 pm
The month is almost over, it happened so quickly
It’s only spring; a new year is just around the corner
Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years go by too fast
This is my second monthly review in 2024 and I am late again, which is surprising because I am never late. In real life I am always early, I even trick my husband into accidental punctuality. (Long story).
The other night I watched him doze off in his chair. My husband looked tired – work had been crazy lately, and a lot had been going on in our private lives as well. My friend, my partner, my lover is getting old right beside me.
I’m sure you know the saying: “Live every day as if it were your last”. And I’m sure you’re thinking, “What hogwash.” To believe that we can live every day the way we live our last days on earth is naïve and idealistic nonsense about improving the world. It just doesn’t work.
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You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
To influence = the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
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A large group of American students waited at the airport to welcome the 23 German exchange students, who soon would arrive to would stay with them and their families for three weeks.