I'll Never...Part II |
Tuesday Aug 26 2008
By Elizabeth Russell | Bio
Read Part I of this series.
As soon as I got over thinking of myself as an oddity in the environment and began looking around, I discovered some very interesting people. One of the early people I met had been a detective (a Private I!) for over 35 years and had some hair-raising stories to tell, including her gathering evidence against an East Bay union boss who was using sexual coercion against women seeking work.
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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
Tagged with: aging old_folks_home people
I don’t think it is news to anyone that we experience life through its
contrasts. We don’t notice or appreciate hot until we get cold; we can
take kindness for granted until it goes missing; we typically put off
taking care of our health until it starts to deteriorate. At this
moment, I am half-way through the longest trip of my life—mostly work
with some vacation thrown in around the edges. Consequently, I am very
present to how important ‘home’ is to me now that I am away from it for
so long. In my case, Vancouver British Columbia is home. It is a home
of my own choosing that I stumbled into while visiting my daughter when
she was attending school on Vancouver Island. As someone who has lived
in a lot of places, I found Vancouver to be everything I ever wanted.
It was love at first sight.[
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