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Conscious Aging

On Being Among the Vulnerable

March 24, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Odd Elderly … It is just plain odd to be so deemed. I am well past 65, apparently when we begin to be considered such. I have not thought of myself as “elderly” and “vulnerable” and neither has my 80-year-old friend, Ruth. The second definition given by Merriam-Webster is “old fashioned.” This is what we […]

Filed Under: Community, Conscious Aging Tagged With: Coping with COVID 19, Elderly vs Elder, Facebook Groups, Facetime, Gratitude, Joy, Kindness, Simple Pleasures, Technology, Vulnerability, Zoom

Be Prepared ~~ Go Deep

March 13, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 7 Comments

I have the flu As I sit down to write this afternoon (3/11), I have been sick with the flu since Sunday evening, March 1. Late the previous evening (2/29), I learned of my aunt’s death … my dad’s youngest sister and the last in that generation. Her passing was a blessing as she was […]

Filed Under: Conscious Aging, Death, Dying Well Tagged With: Being, Chanting, Corona Virus, COVID 19, Death, Fasting, Flu, Letting Go, Opening, Prayer, Spiritual Practices, Stillness, Welcoming

Chronic Sorrow: An Unwelcome Guest

November 19, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 17 Comments

Holiday time usually means the arrival of an unwelcome guest … chronic sorrow. This normal grief response was first identified among the parents of disabled children. I wasn’t happy to hear that mothers seem to experience an increasing frequency of ups and downs. I’ve written about it before in this blog. Click here to find […]

Filed Under: Chronic Sorrow, Conscious Aging Tagged With: Advocacy, Aging, Caregiving, Chronic Sorrow, Grief, Living Loss, Loss, Miracles, Sadness, Susan Roos, The Shadow

Scaring My Daughter

March 28, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 7 Comments

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the 15th of March, I awoke with a sore throat. Fearing a cold coming on, I tried to ward it off with zinc and cold medicine. Despite the medication containing a sleep aid, for the next two nights, I had difficulty sleeping. In the wee hours of Monday […]

Filed Under: Conscious Aging, Family Tagged With: Preparation for death

Unsettling Transitions

March 26, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Five years ago, Cindi, Jasmine, Vinnie, and I formed our Sage Sister group. We were bright-eyed, bushy-tailed revolutionaries … wise elders intent on supporting each other in embracing and savoring our aging process with grace and consciousness. To support our intention, we read and discussed all or portions of: The Gift of Years: Growing Older […]

Filed Under: Community, Conscious Aging Tagged With: Challenges of Aging, Dying Well, Sage Sisters, Transitions

The Wisdom of Writing Memoir

May 28, 2018 by Linda A Marshall Leave a Comment

While reading the book my Sage Sister Group chose to guide our discussion, I realized I had done what the author recommends when I wrote my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace. After reading my memoir, my Sage Sisters proclaimed almost in unison, “Linda, this is what you’ve done.” Sue, Cindi, Jasmine, & Cathy From […]

Filed Under: Conscious Aging, Writing Tagged With: Memoir, Reflection, Wisdom

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