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Monday, June 18, 2012
An Introduction
Okay, first of all this is Graciela and I am the "last born" if you think birth order is important. Life has been interesting. Now I am a Grandma and have some things to say but not sure to whom...so I am blogging and maybe this will be just good therapy, much like those vanity publishers publish just for themselves.
When I was growing up there was the group that the old timers looked down on, the nouveau riche. They hadn't been 'of means' long enough to learn proper decorum. Sad to say I am now part of the nouveau poor. My husband and I decided to make huge career changes when we were empty nesters. It seemed practical. We could give back to the community. We had an opportunity to go to work for a non-profit cancer center. We took a 40% cut in pay. We sold our family home before the house boom but that was okay. We moved onto the non-profit's property. It was a lovely experience. Who knew that the economy would bottom out? Who knew that recovery would take soooo long? The non-profit went belly up. We found ourselves laid off. Laid off and almost retirement age. We were surprised! But that hasn't been the only surprise we have faced in the last few years. As the old gravely voiced singer stated..."the times they are a-changing..." Yes, they are and here are some of my thoughts about all of this!
When I was growing up there was the group that the old timers looked down on, the nouveau riche. They hadn't been 'of means' long enough to learn proper decorum. Sad to say I am now part of the nouveau poor. My husband and I decided to make huge career changes when we were empty nesters. It seemed practical. We could give back to the community. We had an opportunity to go to work for a non-profit cancer center. We took a 40% cut in pay. We sold our family home before the house boom but that was okay. We moved onto the non-profit's property. It was a lovely experience. Who knew that the economy would bottom out? Who knew that recovery would take soooo long? The non-profit went belly up. We found ourselves laid off. Laid off and almost retirement age. We were surprised! But that hasn't been the only surprise we have faced in the last few years. As the old gravely voiced singer stated..."the times they are a-changing..." Yes, they are and here are some of my thoughts about all of this!
Wedding Anniversaries
Okay some of us were talking about wedding anniversaries today. Now ideally they should be times of joyous walks down memory lane...remembering when love was new and all that. Don't get me wrong, I do believe it is all that but it is also a mile stone marker in your life. Have you successfully met some of your life goals? How are you doing financially? How is the exercise routine coming along? Are you the size you were when you were married? Smaller? Now, for a me, a woman, that is an important goal..it is one that eludes me. I want to be able to wake up on my anniversary and say I am in much better shape than when I got married!! Right now, I would take an "I'm the same size that I was when I married!" Do I expect the same from my partner? Not really but I would be pleased if he was. I don't put the same goal standards on those whom I love as I do for myself. I need to buckle down and make some changes so that by my next anniversary I can feel good about myself...that I am healthier and more fit than this year! It would be a great feeling! I know that I should focus on the positive thoughts about how staying happily married another year is a huge accomplishment and that we are so proud of our children! I do feel all that but I also feel a little let down each year by what I personally did not accomplish.
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