PinnedMindfulwomaninCoAmericans and our FreedomAs we sat at the ballpark and watched the loud fireworks, I wished I had earplugs, but I also struggled to feel patriotic in a country so…Jul 9, 2023Jul 9, 2023
PinnedMindfulwomaninCoAsking Older Folks Questions About Their History Might Create Answers You Don’t Want to HearI gave my father Storyworth for Father’s Day. Storyworth is a weekly question you ask your loved one to answer and at the end of a year the…Nov 21, 20221Nov 21, 20221
MindfulwomaninCoThis is why we are not together…..Yesterday I had coffee with my ex-husband. The one from whom I have had what is called a gray divorce. We were both 57 when we got married…May 16May 16
MindfulwomaninCo“Why should your life be only about you?”For some it’s travel, for some it’s the number of ski days. For some it’s freedom to have no commitments. For others it’s competing in that…Jan 31Jan 31
MindfulwomaninCoIs there a ghost in our house?Recently I was hosting an event at my house. I consider myself a pretty good taco maker for a gringa, as I grew up in Central Texas where…Jan 25Jan 25
MindfulwomaninCoDo our aging bodies require us to rethink how we live?Last week I went to the dermatologist for my annual skin check-up. I have had two cancerous lesions removed, one requiring surgery, and…Oct 2, 20231Oct 2, 20231
MindfulwomaninCoEquity and Returning to a Time when Children were Educated Right!Scott Walker, a white male conservative, Christian politician, and the former Governor of Wisconsin recently tweeted this, “Younger voters…Apr 26, 2023Apr 26, 2023
MindfulwomaninCoMy friend Sara was Always a PriestSara used to play priest as a child, she had a little white towel that she used to play priest with, as an altar cloth. She kept it and…Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
MindfulwomaninCoIn 1992 on the night after my son’s 12th birthday, my husband told me that he was in love with…We were living in student housing, and my husband was about to graduate from college, and we would be required to move out soon. I was…Oct 18, 2022Oct 18, 2022