Aging is an island ( adventure?)
But we didn’t pack much
For our extended stay and there is
The surprised feeling of being unprepared…..
Like how did we get here?
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My neighbor and I
Sat at the beach as the sun went down…
That day , they’d been told that her husband
That he’d had two strokes
Which would explain his memory loss.
” Remember our wedding vows” she said
“In sickness and in health”
And it’s true we do motor on
With our injured partner beside us
Answering the same question for the seventh time.
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I vowed at my wedding to be true to myself
( Walt Whitman’s Song to Myself)
Somehow I knew even then,
That life was a big ask and it is.
her soup pot 
All of us boomers sailing along on the same boat of discovery. Watching other generations going through this last chapter didn’t seem to help as we all seem equally surprised now that it’s our turn. In some ways it’s kind of cool to be on a whole new adventure – again. Just when I thought I had a chance to figure it all out, they change the rules. And if you’re still in a relationship, one that you thought was set, same old, same old, is now turning cartwheels. Ya gotta love it. charlie
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