Musings of an Aging Lesbian
I turned 73 this week. It’s a weird number, 73. It’s nondescript. It’s not a special number. It falls in-between the X0 years and the X5 years. So nothing special happened for my 73rd birthday except I woke up healthy and happy and grounded and in love. Yes, we’re in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine and, yes, the world is very different right now, but in my little piece of space, all is well…and I’m deeply grateful.
I started a Facebook writing support group this week. I’ll share the first suggested (but not required) assignment. I asked folks to make a timeline of the most important turning points in their lives. As an example, mine are:
Ronni’s primary turning points:
- Grandparents arrive in US 1915
- Parents marry 1943
- I’m born 1947
- Attracted to girls 1958
- Colitis 1958
- Away to college 1965
- Married to man 1971
- Kids’ births 1973-76
- Come out, divorce 1979
- Lost custody of kids 1979
- AIDS job 1987
- Michigan job 1994
- UCLA 1997
- Retired 2010
- Married 2016
What are yours?
Meditation this week: I am happy to be me.
Stand up, speak out! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story!
Warmly,
Ronni