Hey there! Hope all is well. Yup I have been missing, again. Been doing a lot of soul searching since my last post https://notmyparents60.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog-do-people-care/ where I said I was going to continue down this blogging path. But not so my friends, not so. Therefore I am here to bid you adieu, au revoir, farewell. Ok to the 5 or 6 of you who have actually been reading my blog I just want to let you know that I am still writing, just in a smaller way on Medium. With the past two years being so tumultuous, it has been hard to concentrate on finding upbeat topics to write about ..read more

Hey there folks! I have been on a self imposed hiatus to do some soul searching. Sounds cliche I know but actually rings true in my case. The question?  Should I continue down this path I am on with this blog. Are people reading it? Some. Can I reach more? Maybe. Do I want to do this? And I am sure that there are many people out there in this, what I like to call, “in-between” age group who may be struggling with similar situations in their lives at this point in time.  Walking the Same Path? I hope most of you are on the road to recovery after this whirlwind past 15 months. Vaccine ..read more

Hello world! Everyone still there? We are halfway through the second month of 2021 and I do believe there is a little bit of hope ahead. Yes? Yeah we are still in the midst of this pandemic, although there is a light at the end of the tunnel with the emergence of the vaccine. But how are you all doing mentally? Still There? Sick of Phrases? A year ago we were doing pretty good. Going about our daily lives, maskless I might add, making plans with family and friends or in my case and countless others I am sure, getting ready to travel. I was two months away from heading to Maui for my 4th time ..read more

Walking. It is one of my absolute favourite pastimes and more importantly exercise. I am passionate about coaxing others to walk too. And even more so with seniors because there are a zillion benefits to walking. Ok, maybe not a zillion but believe me there are a few. Walking is beneficial to mind, body and soul. So my mission for 2021? Get on your feet and out the door people! Now as I have mentioned in previous posts, yes, I am a bit of a fitness nut. I am into working out 5 days a week and I love my resistance/weight training. But this post is more about urging people, especially the senio ..read more

So here we are! 2021! The dreaded 2020 is finally behind us. And even though we are not out of the proverbial woods yet, there is an optimism in us with the arrival of the vaccine. It will probably take most of the year for all of us to receive it but I now feel a little less tension surrounding my day to day. Renewed hope. I am sincerely hoping that this will be my last blog post reflecting on or around the subject of the pandemic. Or at the very least on the negative aspect of it. But after looking back on my last post I  felt I needed a closure of sorts.  2021..So What Will ..read more

Well…2020 has not lived up to my expectations. Back in January I wrote a blog about how this year was going to be MY year, the year things would get accomplished. The year I would become a brand new version of myself. Started off great, but then the “virus that shall not be named” showed up and reared its ugly head. I looked back over said blog. Wow! A brand new me? Could I have been more wrong?  https://notmyparents60.com/a-brand-new-me-well-i-hope-so/ So, what will happen in 2021? What Is Happening? Now to be fair, most of us probably had some good intentions regarding the beginning of ..read more

Six months in. How are we doing folks? Ah yes, Covid19. The story continues. And our world refuses to crumble. So about 6 months ago I wrote my last blog post. I wasn’t intending to go this long without writing but let’s face it. The world changed…drastically. I was lamenting the fact that Covid19 had arrived and that we had to deal with a “new normal”. In case you need a refresher here’s the link.  https://notmyparents60.com/navigating-the-new-normal Life With Covid19 So fast forward to today. Here we are still in the midst of this pandemic with many varying ideas and thoughts about it ..read more

Covid 19 was kicking my ass. No I don’t have it and honestly as bad as this virus is, it’s the torrent of information, good and bad, surrounding it. I just spent the past couple of days beating myself up because self doubts were creeping in. Was I doing my due diligence navigating the new normal way of life. Physical Distancing is the New Normal For the most part, I think I have been good. I have only seen my new grandson once since he was born. Or my granddaughter who I am sure doesn’t really understand why Grandma and Grandpa have not been around.  We only go to the grocery s ..read more

How old do you feel? It seems like a simple enough question. But whenever I have been asked this in the past  I have had a hard time answering it. Let’s face it, as we age we all get different aches, pains and new tweaks to our bodies. How we act and feel as we age depends on the day. Comes with the territory. Fact of life. Chronological age vs Am I Old? Chronological age  : the age of a person as measured from birth to a given date. We all know this. My granddaughter knows that she is five years old. She can count it on the fingers of one hand. I am 61 years old, I know t ..read more

Life is funny. Younger me never envisioned that I would begin a fitness program in my fifties. I had  this idea that working out was for the young. I was unsure about joining a gym for fear I would be the oldest one there or I would be told I was too old to start a weight program. These were real fears for me because I had always suffered from low self esteem and self confidence. I would get anxiety attacks just thinking about walking into a room full of younger bodies working out. Then realization dawned that fitness is both mental and physical.  I needed to get out of my own way. But let ..read more