Every woman can age exquisitely. I have been thinking about my own aging process, but not about wrinkles, bunions, sagging boobs, or grey hair. To me, the elixir of aging exquisitely has nothing to do with preserving the woman we once were. It comes when a woman maintains an appreciation and appetite for life and […]

Once again, I am sitting in one of my happiest little rooms: my closet. There is my little green ladder that I climb when I want to reach the treasures tucked up high, where I have archived so many pieces of my life. And among those treasures are my archives with handles: my handbags. Lately, […]

I ask myself often, “What does my future hold?” I labor over that question in my daydreams. I have always believed daydreaming is good for one’s survival. A daydream gives the mind somewhere to wander when reality feels too heavy. It allows us, even for a few moments, to imagine possibility when we cannot yet […]

Once again, I find myself sitting on my pretty green ladder, surrounded by the accessories of a life I once lived. I am not sad today. I am contemplative. Shoes, handbags, scarves, jewelry, and my eyeglasses. Oh, my eyeglasses! I have collected and saved my glasses for more than thirty years. They come in different […]

I am a mother and grandmother who lived through eight years of estrangement from my adult daughters and much of my family. Today, going on one year after our reconciliation, I can finally write those words from the other side. My family came home. I do not say that casually. I do not take it […]