There were these three guys talking loudly on the train ride home the other day (when I was riding home to Windsor from Toronto). I couldn't help overhearing them as they went on about various olympic athletes and how Canada's been making out so far in Rio. I wasn't really paying attention, but it was a constant background noise, and then they started talking about the bodies … [Read more...]
What Gives It Away That You’re Not Truly Ageless?
I like birthdays, always have. I like getting older. I'm proud of my age. I'm not one to lie and pretend I'm forty going on twenty-seven. Yet when I look at my kids I'm often struck by the thought that I am the same person now as I was when I was five. In so many ways I feel the same. I still feel like me. Me at four, or me at forty, is still ME. My memories, my thoughts, my … [Read more...]
My Body Manifesto…
It took me almost forty years, and a trip to Puerto Vallarta, to figure this out. I will wear a swimsuit because I want to go in the pool. I will wear the comfy shoes with the wool socks, because I want to walk all day long and I hate blisters. I will dance if I feel like it. I really don't give a hoot what people think about what I look like. My body is here to move me around … [Read more...]