Reflections

Musings about life, writing, and society at large. Reflections include thoughtful posts on a wide range of topics.

49 and Counting

Last week was my 49th birthday, but I’m not worried about turning 50. For me, the scary age was 48. As I’ve written about before, my mom died when she was 48 and my impressionable, 13-year-old brain decided that was the age I would die, too. As the years passed, I didn’t entirely believe that. […]

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Check Your Inner Monologue

I’m tired. So tired. Do you catch your brain popping up with little observations throughout your day? Some of us have very verbal minds. Like the voiceover in a movie or TV show, that inner monologue may narrate our day, hold internal debates, or just pop up with random observations. Mmm, chocolate. Do you listen

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