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WHAT IT MEANS TO AGE GRACEFULLY ...
When I was a young woman, I was caught by the expression, “You are what you eat.” I still believe that, and not just in terms of the...

stephanieraffelock
Apr 17, 20202 min read


What It Means to Age Gracefully…
To age gracefully is to age with gratitude. I embrace, believe and experience this truth every day. Walking life in gratitude is not...

stephanieraffelock
Mar 24, 20203 min read


What It Means to Age Gracefully…
One definition of the phrase aging gracefully means that we look younger than our years. But that’s a sorry and shallow definition, and...

stephanieraffelock
Mar 4, 20202 min read


In the Age of Me, Me, Me, Me . . .
Writing is one thing. Marketing yourself to the world is another. On the one hand I don’t think that the desire for readers is an...

stephanieraffelock
Jan 11, 20202 min read


Living Out This Idea of Love
It seems to me that the universe is bound together by dancing molecules of love. I’ve had a couple of rough weeks. Free floating...

stephanieraffelock
Sep 5, 20194 min read


The Size of a Parakeet’s Heart
Breakfast happened in a sunny corner of the kitchen on a plastic tablecloth whose flowered print had faded in spots from the sun and the...

stephanieraffelock
May 27, 20183 min read


8 Steps to Dynamic Living After 60 (Or Really Anytime)
Is it the need to heal some childhood wound of wanting to get it right? Or is there a deeper reason, like wanting to get the most from...

stephanieraffelock
Jul 9, 20173 min read


Is Age Just A Number?
The impervious feeling of youth is a delicious drunk of newness and firsts: first apartment, first true love, first heartbreak; the...

stephanieraffelock
Jul 27, 20144 min read


Young At Heart
Today “The Daily Writing Prompt” arrived in the email. Like a siren of the sea, I was seduced to put down the packing tape and pick up...

stephanieraffelock
Mar 22, 20143 min read


The Last Chapter
These past months have brought about a whirlwind of change and resolve and there are days that I marvel at how life continues to build...

stephanieraffelock
Feb 8, 20142 min read


The Story You Are In
Sometimes it seems so clear; where I am and who I am and what story is unfolding. I had grandparents that slept in separate bedrooms;...

stephanieraffelock
Mar 26, 20132 min read
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