Any Shiny Thing - Life after 50
Midlife Fiction
I stopped coloring my hair about five years ago. After half a century, I was finally able to reject what I felt as societal pressure and go gray. Reject ageism. Accept mortality. Yes, I have been accused of overthinking. But still.
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A year ago, I was invited to participate in a discussion about menopause. My friend, a life coach, asked me to share my experiences with a half-dozen of her clients, all in various stages of menopause. What happened next shocked me.
Aging is complicated. I often speak about positive aging, about the good stuff that comes with age if we’re not too fearful to appreciate it. But the fact is, a lot of the good happens in your brain. The two hemispheres begin to communicate better. You can solve complex problems in a snap using pattern recognition. You’re not as affected by drama. You’re more calm, maybe even happier. Strange how the aging brain seems to get stronger.
A long time ago, in high school, I memorized part of the poem Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In 1842, Tennyson imagined the mythical king suffering a kind of midlife crisis. I was a teenager. I didn’t know anything about midlife (and didn’t care), but I couldn’t get the poem out of my mind. [Read more…]
How many of your friends start their emails with “yesterday I had a ride-along with NASCAR…”? [Read more…]
I’m writing this post because someone I know is dealing with health challenges. In fact, three — no, four — people I know, friends or family. Severe health challenges. It can be depressing, but here are some helpful offsets. [Read more…]
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