Wendy – Hey, Boomer Are you feeling stressed? Maybe even overwhelmed? Whether it’s the upcoming election with all the negative rhetoric, the destruction from recent storms in the Southeast, or the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, stress is everywhere. For some of us, it may be personal challenges adding to the weight of […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer I am putting down my Super Woman Cape. I actually put it down many years ago, when I was a single Mom and desperately trying to be everything to everyone. A good employee, a great mom, a good cook, an advocate for things I believed in, a fun person… Finally, I […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer When we were growing up, being active was not a problem. Our mothers did not want us hanging out in the house. “Go outside and play” was a familiar refrain. We road our bikes everywhere. We climbed trees. We played tag and hide & seek. Watching TV was mostly reserved for […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer This is a story my Dad wrote, many years ago. It was July 20, 1970. The clock read 3:02 A.M. as I drove to my office in South Miami, listening to the radio. Another 18-hour workday lay ahead. While cruising the dark highway, I mentally cataloged the day’s events as the […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer When was the last time you recognized the beauty within you? Outer beauty is partially under our control and largely influenced by societal definitions. This morning, I read an article about AI-generated images of beauty. These images predominantly featured thin, young, light-skinned individuals, reflecting societal standards. Society often equates beauty with […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer When I was a young girl, growing up in Miami, hurricanes were a part of life. We lived on a lake, and we had a dock in the lake and a small sailboat, a Sunfish. As the hurricane watches and warnings went up, the whole family went to work. With the […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer I agree with Anne Lamott. “I don’t feel old, because your inside self doesn’t age.” Anne Lamott published a story in the Washington Post today titled, It’s not so ‘terribly strange to be 70.’ Turning 70 was an awakening and a reset for me. Interestingly, it was not as traumatic as […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer When we were kids, our grandparents were the epitome of age—immortalized in old photographs and cherished memories with their enduring routines and ways of life. They seemed old, ‘outdated’, unable to keep up with the ‘modern’ times. As we grow older, our perspectives on aging change and we cherish the relationships […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer My mom, Sena Parris Martin, was the nineth of 11 children born to Vernie and Essie Parris. Her Dad, my Papa, was a tobacco sharecropper. Growing up during the Great Depression, Mom was no stranger to hard work including picking cotton, cutting, tying and hanging tobacco and lots of other chores. […]
Wendy – Hey, Boomer I have been a caregiver for my husband for the last ten years for a variety of procedures and surgeries ranging from shoulder replacements, cataracts, and heart surgery to prostrate and cardiovascular procedures. All these medical interventions came with a variety of inconveniences that were manageable by my husband or needed […]
