It has been a year since my last post.
January 22 2025
This past year has been about my journey
not an uncommon one for
someone my age.
76
My personal journey has felt more like a sea voyage, that I am afloat, sometimes adrift,
as on a ship, the sails catching the winds of... as my doctor prefaced with.....
" age related" health issues.
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THE ANCIENT MARINER
poem
" You are where you are supposed to be....and it is too soon."...
I first heard this quote in a film by the wise old character to the middle-aged man in crisis.
This sounded like me, as a child, when I was unable to take hold of my life's events.
filled with trauma and neglect. I was only given the choice to survive or not.
This year began with a new diagnosis beyond the anxious, depressive, manic or suicidal person that would designate which meds I was prescribed.
I have lived long enough to have a treatment and new diagnosis that will address the childhood pain and begin the road to my own authentic self at 76
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This is where I can alter the quote to read .....
"I am where I am supposed to be ....and it's not too late."
With this new treatment and recovery, I have been able face the five surgeries I have successfully
completed. They include two new hips, new lenses in both eyes and a new right knee.
My 1949 model reached the end of the warranty, and I have a new model 2025!
I am grateful it was not too late to heal my mind and body together, to live out my remaining years as fearless as possible.
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This quote has now evolved again to read......
"I am where I am supposed to be......and I am right on time"...
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This is my New Years 2026 wish for all to "be" present in your life and with the ones
you love. To be kind to all, no matter what.
AMEN
