Category Archives: Life’s Journey

Colorado Flooding Causes Brief Hiatus for middleSage

In the wake of the epic Colorado flooding, middleSage will be taking a short hiatus. Although Barb is in the Atlanta area, I’m in Colorado. Since the national news has done a mediocre job covering the devastation, I thought I would share some facts and photos from Larimer county. The flooding, affecting thousands in Larimer, Boulder and surrounding counties – called a thousand year flood – ripped through canyons destroying roads, bridges, homes. Many people have lost everything.     […]

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I never imagined it would be this way

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Last week was my birthday…57…mid life I suppose…now I just have to make it to 104. A lot of things scare me, but aging doesn’t appear to be one of them.  I think it’s about accepting the changes that happen….all the changes…physically, emotionally, financially and especially idealistically.  For the first time in my life, I have the lifestyle to be both reflective about the past and prospective about the future.  I enjoy a relatively stress free life, so my vision […]

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So…Mom…could you tell me the “Facts of Life”?

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When I was about 11 or 12, I remember sitting in our car with my mother waiting for my Dad. He was a City Cop, but worked part time security at a local department store, and since we only had one car, my mother picked him up when he worked his night gig…Wurzburg’s Department Store. Since my mother never listened to the car radio and we didn’t have a relationship of any kind, we never (ever) talked to each other, […]

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Secret Training for Husbands: The Great Burger Challenge

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I hear it over and over again from all of my friends.  Their husbands can’t (or won’t) help with any of the planning. After moving 9 times out of the last 15 years, you’d think with a new city to explore, new things to do together would be easy to come by.  I, however have grown weary of always having to be the social director and would love him to pull the “what should we do this weekend” sled.  I’ve […]

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My Past, My Future….My Purse

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When I was a young mom, my purse held all the tools to comfort a child, all the tools to quiet the child, and even the necessities to feed the child.  From kleenexes and games to crackers and juice boxes.  My purse was a symbol for all needs would be met here. When I was a professional my purse held all my essentials for business.  It was my briefcase.  Big enough to hold all the necessary files, pens, even a […]

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Work after Working: What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?

Lee Aldrich Middlesage

So many women I talk to are fed up with what they do. Many of us are looking for a change, but can’t quite figuring out what we want to be when we grow up. Jim Rohn says “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” Maybe that’s why so many of us are stepping back, re-evaluating our lives, and trying to reclaim the right to work on ourselves. We’ve “leaned in” (enough already!); fallen down; picked ourselves up; patched […]

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Life Is All About Change, or Learning From the Universe

I once had a Tai-chi teacher that said “The only thing constant in the universe is change. Those who struggle against it become miserable trying to hold on to a current reality, instead of accepting that to live is to change.” I can’t even remember the wise teachers name, but what he said struck such a chord that I have carried his words with me. He was right. Life is as much an ebb and flow as are the ocean […]

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How did I get here? A paradigm shift….

I was writing a post on gracefully growing older and I had a sudden urge for Coconut Macaroons….being in my 50′s is kind of like being pregnant…I get sudden food cravings and all activities must stop until I make it.  This may have something to do with my 30 extra lbs right now…but I’ll save that for another time.  Seriously, this is the BEST coconut macaroon recipe. EVER. I assembled all the ingredients for my favorite recipe and ….crap I’m […]

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Aging Gracefully

I deplore the phrase growing old because it’s the worst oxymoron ever. We grow up, grow out of, grow away from, but in our society, the word old implies past its prime, out of touch, not relative. When we speak of people growing old, we have politely said they are moving to a state of unimportance. When we speak of people growing old gracefully there is a morbid sense of expecting them to “go gentle into that good night….”  A […]

Growing old(er) gracefully

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To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every purpose, under Heaven                 Growing older.  Gracefully. First I must embrace the “old” part, I think, however, I prefer “older” right now. Oh, it makes a difference. So many of my “friends” are in their 30’s and even their 20’s….I think of them as my peers and then I hear “that’s what my mom always says”.  […]

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