Our Bodies

Fashion After Fifty

11.12.2011

I still get all the fashion magazines but to what end, I asked myself. I can’t wear half the stuff they’re showing; I’m too old.

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One Armed Downward Facing Dog

11.03.2011

His advice was, let the break heal naturally and accept limited range of motion in your arm. When a surgeon says, “I don’t think we should operate”, how can one not listen.

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What Happens After Tomorrow? Imagining My Future

10.17.2011

Best case scenario: I maintain all my marbles (yes, this is the term we use in my family)I can remain in my home with a modicum of help….Perhaps, living as I do in the suburbs, I’ll shrivel up from loneliness and no one will ever know that I’ve taken to eating cat food.

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When I’m An Old Woman…

10.10.2011

I don’t begrudge other women the opportunity to band together and howl at the proverbial moon in such a way; I just don’t want to look so silly myself.

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What To Do With That Stuff We No Longer Need…

10.03.2011

But for the life of me, now that I’m finished with periods, I can’t decide what to do with my leftover tampons.

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What Happens After Tomorrow? Planning for the Unplannable

09.19.2011

Some years passed and with time and age, my mother’s feelings about her financial security changed as well. She started to keep things close to her, to not want to throw away cracked cups and shirts that were somewhat shabby.

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Broken Shoulder: Week Four

08.28.2011

A milestone: I was able to put on my bra myself for the first time the other day. Before then, I either went without (not real attractive) or stood with my back facing D. in a mute appeal to be fastened. A setback: My euphoria over the bra independence was squashed when I couldn’t get [...]

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