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  • This Aging Body

    I am damn near 60. I hear myself saying these words in my head pretty regularly, especially when I see girls in cute outfits at school and wonder if I could wear them! I am damn near 60. I will be 59 in January, and just cannot believe that I am close to retirement age.…

  • (not) Outrunning Heart Disease

    It has been over a month since I wrote, and not that everyone (or anyone) is following my health concerns, but I do want to continue to write our family’s story with the hope that it might help someone else. I’ll begin with my sister, Bobbi, who is 68 (eleven years older than I). I…

  • Outrunning Family History, Part 3…A Little Update

    I feel like I have spent my summer dealing with health issues, but I have to step back and remember that I also completed my certification in Interior Design, finished my continuing education for real estate, took a fantastic trip with my husband, and had fun with family and friends. Teachers return to school in…

  • Outrunning Family History, Part 2

    Thursday morning I had my much-dreaded stress test. I don’t like when I don’t really know what to expect, so I was quite anxious as Gary and I made our way to Deaconess Heart Hospital. Let’s preface the story with a video featuring my favorite comedian, Leanne Morgan: All sense of modesty was definitely out…

  • Summer Check-In

    Summer Check-In

    Summer seems to go quicker with each passing year. I always have all of these lofty goals, and then suddenly it is time to prepare for the upcoming school year. So what have I accomplished? I began Weight Watchers on April 5 after weighing in at the same weight I was when I was nine…

  • Upper Middle Age?

    Upper Middle Age?

    I don’t really know what to call myself these days. If I were middle-aged, I would have to live to be 112, and I don’t really want to do that. I don’t feel like a senior citizen, although in most realms I definitely qualify (and if it gets me a discount, I will gladly admit…

  • One Month In…

    It’s only been a little over a month since I last blogged, which is not bad when compared to the last couple of years. I like to feel that I have something to share when I write, and often I just don’t. This year I am documenting my journey back to running. While it might…

  • Here I Go Again…

    Menopause. It’s a rite of middle age. Actually, post-middle age because I doubt I will live to be over 100. I’ll probably drown in a puddle of sweat in my own bed. Menopause can make life pretty tough, especially when in my head I am still young and thin. Unfortunately in the mirror I am…

  • Turns Out 50 Isn’t Just a Number

    I have been 50 for just over a month. It’s been a busy month, but I’ve still had time to analyze this next phase of my life. What I’ve come to learn is that a lot of people lied to me. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard 50? It’s just a number!  You’re 50?…

  • Running Newbies

    Friday evening, I needed to do a long run, and I had to do it by myself. Most of my running friends would be running the Kentucky Derby Half or Full Marathon the next morning; I would not. I had accompany a group of students to Academic Bowl, so I had to opt out of…