Comments on: The MidLife Issue: Who Are We? http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Ellen Besso http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 Ellen Besso Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:34:26 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2948 Elaine: That's a beautiful, beautiful picture of you! I like the title of your piece - 'Who Are We?'. It offers an invitation to each of us to ponder. My answer to this is: "We are whoever & whatever we want to be". Ellen Besso www.ellenbesso.com/midlifemaze Elaine: That’s a beautiful, beautiful picture of you!

I like the title of your piece – ‘Who Are We?’. It offers an invitation to each of us to ponder.

My answer to this is: “We are whoever & whatever we want to be”.

Ellen Besso
http://www.ellenbesso.com/midlifemaze

]]> By: Elaine H http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Elaine H Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:26:41 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2881 Allison--I love your perspective on "blooming"..I think that's how we'd all love to feel at this "in between" age. I've heard the term ripening, but that only makes me feel like fruit. Blooming just has a sense of anticipation, opening up to the new, coming into our own. Enjoyed your response! Elaine H Allison–I love your perspective on “blooming”..I think that’s how we’d all love to feel at this “in between” age. I’ve heard the term ripening, but that only makes me feel like fruit. Blooming just has a sense of anticipation, opening up to the new, coming into our own. Enjoyed your response!

Elaine H

]]> By: Allison http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Allison Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:53:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2879 Loved this post! You're really a talented writer with an ability to articulate nuances that aren't always easy to pinpoint. Hope to read more from you! OK, I'm biased I know :), but I like 'blooming' personally. It doesn't sound like food, it doesn't sound like a euphemism for 'on the downhill side', it doesn't make me think of wearing shapeless clothes in hopes of hiding body parts that are a little saggier or bigger than we'd like them to be, and it doesn't make me think of a term like 'red hot mama' that is mostly wishful thinking (unless you're menopausal). Blooming sounds like a woman coming into her own, after already having bloomed in other ways and at other times. It makes me think regeneration, renewal. It makes me think glowing skin, bright eyes, vibrant energy, and curiosity. Not bad descriptors for midlife do ya think? Loved this post! You’re really a talented writer with an ability to articulate nuances that aren’t always easy to pinpoint. Hope to read more from you!

OK, I’m biased I know :) , but I like ‘blooming’ personally. It doesn’t sound like food, it doesn’t sound like a euphemism for ‘on the downhill side’, it doesn’t make me think of wearing shapeless clothes in hopes of hiding body parts that are a little saggier or bigger than we’d like them to be, and it doesn’t make me think of a term like ‘red hot mama’ that is mostly wishful thinking (unless you’re menopausal). Blooming sounds like a woman coming into her own, after already having bloomed in other ways and at other times. It makes me think regeneration, renewal. It makes me think glowing skin, bright eyes, vibrant energy, and curiosity.

Not bad descriptors for midlife do ya think?

]]> By: Elaine H http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 Elaine H Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:27:11 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2845 Diane--Happy Birthday! Love the phrase "silver haired goddess"! If only the world saw us more like we see ourselves. Hopefully, we are passing on to our daughters a greater appreciation for the wisdom, soulfulness, and beauty that comes with age! Diane–Happy Birthday! Love the phrase “silver haired goddess”! If only the world saw us more like we see ourselves. Hopefully, we are passing on to our daughters a greater appreciation for the wisdom, soulfulness, and beauty that comes with age!

]]> By: Diane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 Diane Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:00:12 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2838 Today is my 59th birthday and I love being a silver haired goddess, not old and no longer young. What more could we ask for? We are women with the wisdom that comes from experience, the beauty that shines from within. Thanks for your terrific commentary! Today is my 59th birthday and I love being a silver haired goddess, not old and no longer young. What more could we ask for? We are women with the wisdom that comes from experience, the beauty that shines from within.
Thanks for your terrific commentary!

]]> By: Deb A http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2822 Deb A Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:34:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2822 "delicately spiced" I think describes "us" me being 56 going on the next one before the year is out--and I think the subject was dealt with perfectly, with the humor we gain from the same aging that gives us the wrinkles--Thanks to the goddess! “delicately spiced” I think describes “us” me being 56 going on the next one before the year is out–and I think the subject was dealt with perfectly, with the humor we gain from the same aging that gives us the wrinkles–Thanks to the goddess!

]]> By: Elaine H http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2819 Elaine H Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:49:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2819 Leslie--Thank you for the positive comments and I sure hope to have more posts on MidLifeBloggers (stay tuned for one that will be posted soon on "New Meaning of Turning Grey!")Love your "identity" words--seasoned and marinated--that's us! Wouldn't it be lovely if Oprah had some blog scanners out there and found my post? Be still my heart....I'm just thrilled that I have found so many receptive readers. Bless you all! Elaine H Leslie–Thank you for the positive comments and I sure hope to have more posts on MidLifeBloggers (stay tuned for one that will be posted soon on “New Meaning of Turning Grey!”)Love your “identity” words–seasoned and marinated–that’s us! Wouldn’t it be lovely if Oprah had some blog scanners out there and found my post? Be still my heart….I’m just thrilled that I have found so many receptive readers. Bless you all!

Elaine H

]]> By: Leslie http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/10/the-midlife-issue-who-are-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2813 Leslie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:44:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=846#comment-2813 As a well seasoned, marinated (and still spicy woman) , I hope to say "I resemble that remark". What an awesome piece to read. I hope to seem more from this writer. She has captured the essence of me and my contemporaries. I shall share the words of wisdom with my sister- friends. I hope Gayle and Oprah read this piece and it leads to exposure. YOU GO GIRL!!! As a well seasoned, marinated (and still spicy woman) , I hope to say “I resemble that remark”. What an awesome piece to read. I hope to seem more from this writer. She has captured the essence of me and my contemporaries. I shall share the words of wisdom with my
sister- friends. I hope Gayle and Oprah read this piece and it leads to exposure. YOU GO GIRL!!!

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