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stephanieraffelock
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 24, 20203 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 4, 20202 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Jan 11, 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Sep 5, 20194 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...
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stephanieraffelock
May 27, 20183 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Jul 9, 20173 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Jul 27, 20144 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 22, 20143 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Feb 8, 20142 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...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 26, 20132 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;...
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