death

Blind Point &Write Exercise: Watching Watches

03.08.2012

Watches:  I don’t wear one anymore.  I haven’t in years since the Anne Taylor my mother bought me duty-free on a  plane to England lost its stem winder and my Palm Pilot took over its timekeeping duties.  I’ve moved from Palm to iPhone and find my need to tell time is still satisfied by my [...]

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Never Mind Pink. I’m Wearing Red for American Heart Month

02.13.2012

Take the Million Hearts pledge, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control. Go to (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov) to sign on and tell them MidLifeBloggers sent you.

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If I Should Die Before I Sleep….

10.27.2011

Actually, just thinking about having the last word–my imagination goes into overdrive.

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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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September 11, 2001, and other such things

09.08.2011

…we would say lengthy goodbyes at my house, so afraid were we that tomorrow would be obliterated by the Russians tonight. Mostly, as I recall, we worried that we would die virgins.

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Personal Growth Through Tragedy

03.24.2011

Don’t tell Marge she’s inspiring, though. It annoys her. “I’m sick and tired of being the poster child for living successfully with cancer.”

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Telling The Other Woman

12.13.2010

I find you despicable, Lisa Jo Druck.

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Immortality and Christmas Lights

12.06.2010

Now everyone knows, men and women never agree on the amount or placement of tree lights, but every year I would optimistically forget this.

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A Death in the Family

09.27.2010

…when it happened, her death came as a surprise and I was so unprepared in so many ways.

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I’m Not Selling My Soul–Just Trying to Keep MidLifeBloggers Going

09.19.2010

I’m stuck in a house worth about $150K less than what I paid for it in a neighborhood that is superb for families with small children, but for those of us who are single women of a certain age–not so much.

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