Having fun, changing my focus

I was visiting my mother the other day and she needed to go to the mall to return a lawn chair. She didn't seem to have the slip but assured me,  "It is easy to do returns at Target. They are very nice." My mother returns a lot of stuff. She gets bored, shops, and…

Freedom

Years ago, I read an essay on aging, and the importance of finding our "freedom" at mid-life. The gist of this writing was that anything we felt was hampering us, we should leave behind, and move out into the world. At one point it said something like, get rid of your cat if that is…