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cheryl's avatar

At the age of 67 years old, I decided this week to take on the guardianship of my 12 year old great niece. Many have asked how I feel about this. I answer honestly, I don't know. I haven't even got my head around it. I am on auto pilot as I go about the tasks of making room for her in my own little lighthouse. The only thing I feel is that it is the right thing to do. We don't know when it will happen. Her dad, my nephew, is on hospice so it could be a week, a month, a year. This uncertainty is difficult for all of us. But I may find new blessings in this new phase of life that I never, ever imagined.

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Sandra Clements's avatar

I am so grateful you chose to include us in your encounter with the man who eavesdropped then commented about "two incomes." Reading this is serendipitous following a spontaneous group discussion of mostly recently retired women telling and even spewing out the things that have stirred anger in them lately. I forwarded this to them to show them the power that anger has but can also teach us; to look at what triggers in it in us.

Mainly I am here to say I love the quote by your first therapist. I keep a homemade book of quotes that my heart leans into, and I wrote that one of hers in my book this morning. Again, thank you for sharing, you could have let it remain private, but it is truly a gem, and I am grateful to be included.

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