I seem to be fine. It's all material, right? I had a very informative video conference with my new Minnesota doctor today. He's arranging for new bloodwork and PT for my aches and pains. It feels good to hand it all over to someone.
"I'm looking my age inside my head" gave me chills. It really opened my eyes (mind!) to different possibilities of self-perception. I'll be thinking about that for a long time. Also: the story from junior high on repeat. Phew! How hard that line hit me. Thank you for expressing all that's been going on recently in your inner life; it was a massive brain-gift I didn't know I needed today.
Thank you so much for your enthusiasm for my writing about aging. It's particularly satisfying to "snare" a younger reader. We're all humans, aren't we? I also love the idea of a brain-gift. We have so much to offer each other.
I love this: I am mindful of being included in an anthology of stories about lives spooling out. The stories are intershelved with prayerbooks, medical charts, scripture and photograph albums. They are a revelation.
Thank you, Susie. And glad your brain is doing fine!
I love your way of thinking and assessing all these emerging situations. Thanks for writing it all down for us - opens the way out of our spoon-fed cultural context into the big world of the big questions we are looking to answer. Shifting from pride to reality brings in all kinds of virtues.
I guess it's evident that I have a strong adverse response to being spoon-fed. I want to be in right relationship with my inner life so I can witness the changes that are occurring. And I want to meet impermanence from my own unique perspective and honor all of that. Yes?
I am glad you were not injured with this fall. But it must have been disorienting. I was in the woods yesterday and a branch swiped my eye; gratefully I had glasses on and just got scratched under the eye and ice has reduced the swelling. But these unexpected happenings are harder as we get older. Thanks for your honest and beautiful writing. Love, Ani
That's it, Ani. The sense that anything can happen at any time, the sense of exposure. It's new and different from thinking about illness. Glad your eye is healing.
First: I’m so glad you’re ok! Second: what a lovely post. Thank you for reminding us there are wonderful people in the world, doing important work every minute of every day, not for glory or the money but for good.
Oh no! Another fall? As you reflect on your life your thoughts bring life to us. May your recovery be swift and complete.
I seem to be fine. It's all material, right? I had a very informative video conference with my new Minnesota doctor today. He's arranging for new bloodwork and PT for my aches and pains. It feels good to hand it all over to someone.
Ditto, Jinks. I don't know what to add here so I won't add anything except that I kinda wish Frank would come home soon.
Very sweet. Had an excellent video conference with my new doc here in Minnesota. He's looking into all the angles.
Glad you've got a doc who inspires your confidence. xo
"I'm looking my age inside my head" gave me chills. It really opened my eyes (mind!) to different possibilities of self-perception. I'll be thinking about that for a long time. Also: the story from junior high on repeat. Phew! How hard that line hit me. Thank you for expressing all that's been going on recently in your inner life; it was a massive brain-gift I didn't know I needed today.
Thank you so much for your enthusiasm for my writing about aging. It's particularly satisfying to "snare" a younger reader. We're all humans, aren't we? I also love the idea of a brain-gift. We have so much to offer each other.
I love this: I am mindful of being included in an anthology of stories about lives spooling out. The stories are intershelved with prayerbooks, medical charts, scripture and photograph albums. They are a revelation.
Thank you, Susie. And glad your brain is doing fine!
So far so good!
I love your way of thinking and assessing all these emerging situations. Thanks for writing it all down for us - opens the way out of our spoon-fed cultural context into the big world of the big questions we are looking to answer. Shifting from pride to reality brings in all kinds of virtues.
I guess it's evident that I have a strong adverse response to being spoon-fed. I want to be in right relationship with my inner life so I can witness the changes that are occurring. And I want to meet impermanence from my own unique perspective and honor all of that. Yes?
Hi Susie,
I am glad you were not injured with this fall. But it must have been disorienting. I was in the woods yesterday and a branch swiped my eye; gratefully I had glasses on and just got scratched under the eye and ice has reduced the swelling. But these unexpected happenings are harder as we get older. Thanks for your honest and beautiful writing. Love, Ani
That's it, Ani. The sense that anything can happen at any time, the sense of exposure. It's new and different from thinking about illness. Glad your eye is healing.
I love your pun response to me, "it's all material!"
Unintentional, but not bad!
First: I’m so glad you’re ok! Second: what a lovely post. Thank you for reminding us there are wonderful people in the world, doing important work every minute of every day, not for glory or the money but for good.
Thank you for hearing that. Those young people were very skilled and extremely compassionate.
Thank you Susie. Well written and happily inspiring.
Glad to hear that, Deanne. We're all learning on the job.
Your writing is an inspiration to me.
We have a great subject, you and I. And an enormous demographic!