As I get older, I’ve come to many realizations. With my body changing and the digits of each birthday rising, it’s become clear that I’m well past the halfway marker of my life. This scares me. Am I supposed to be at the highest achievement point now, where all my goals have been met and I can proudly announce to the world that I have arrived? I must have missed the handing out of the life handbook with all the “how-to and by-when” chapters. So, in the meantime, I’m doing me. While I have no control over most things that go on around me, I know that I am definitely the captain of my own ship—and I’d better steer it in the right direction! Can a middle-aged woman with many optical imperfections become a model? But really, the deeper question is: Can we be whatever we set our minds and intentions to be? The answer is yes. Absolutely. About three years ago, I had the idea to Google “mature model agencies near me.” There was no moment of hesitation, because when I ...
Unreal. That's the word that comes to mind when reflecting back on 2024, but especially the Christmas season in Florida. I received an unexpected and beautiful Christmas letter from my daughter across the country. The words that struck me the most were about her family tradition memories growing up. Some of the delicious cookies we used to make included a German recipe passed down from my Mom. Two cookies pressed together, held together by a thin layer of cherry jam and topped off with homemade frosting. It was a torturous process that I always dreaded, but because the end result was too delicious, I endured the work. But in all honesty, the memories it brought back of my childhood in Germany and my childhood home were equally important. One tradition that I created was to go on evening drives in random neighborhoods to find the prettiest light spectacles to take in. The kids sitting in the backseat, chattering, laughing, and Christmas music playing on the radio. It felt goo...
Got change? If you always do what you've always done you will always get what you've always gotten. This is true to every aspect in life. While Joe is pretty adaptable when it comes to any kind of weather, especially the cold, I often told myself that my body just wasn't made for the cold. Period. For me, after having lived in Colorado Springs,CO for 23 years, I was tired of cold winters and looking/dressing like an eskimo in order to stay warm during cold winter days. The pet family: As our relationship progressed and we eventually got married three years later on April 22nd 2017, we started talking about options of where we could live one day outside of Colorado, sometime in the future. Somewhere warm. We are both adventurous and don't mind taking risks. So after many discussions and playing around with several ideas, we decided to set sail towards a warmer climate. Having several pets was going to be a big hurdle to t...
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