Eyes, Nose & Ears: when things aren’t as they seem

Did you know that not all hallucinations are visual? Neither did I, until I experienced the phenomenon. But let’s take a step back in time.

I am that little old lady…

This post was originally written and posted in 2016. I posted an update at the end…

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I came to Florida right after high school graduation, at age 17. Everywhere I looked there were the old people. Of course at my age, anyone over 40 was old, including my parents.

I spent over thirty years in Florida, not all at one time, but interspersed with job related moves to other states. But there were always the old people. Shuffling and hobbling along, wearing outdated clothes, buried under big hats and in many layers of clothing.

I know I’m truly considered elderly when…

Ride my own? No way!

I was 55 when I learned to ride my own and it was a rocky start. I had never considered learning to ride, preferring to be a passenger. But when my husband was diagnosed with cancer, he spent the six weeks of radiation time convincing me I needed to learn. If he didn’t make it, I’d have family to ride with. At that time, both brothers and both their wives, a cousin and her husband, another cousin, my son, as well as my husband’s nephew all rode.

Changing priorities as we age…

Throughout life our priorities change. When we are children, we just want to be adults. Then, suddenly we ARE adults. Careers, family, and our status in life drive us. We strive for being the best in the areas that are important to us. Some choose careers first, some choose family first, some just survive. We each define our own “best life”, choosing through the decades as we age what we perceive to be our first priority.