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We are the Old People
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We are the Old People

ByShalagh Hogan November 2, 2021October 28, 2021

In my exercise class this morning, an older gentleman said that he has one remaining elderly Aunt who is 98 years old. Once she passes, he will be “the old people”. How odd to think of ourselves as the “Old People”.. A friend of my husband’s conveyed how hard it was to watch his once…

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Wild Asters
poetry | Self-Discovery | Uncategorized

Wild Asters

ByShalagh Hogan July 6, 2021July 5, 2021

Wild Asters by Sara Teasdale In the spring I asked the daisies If his words were true, And the clever, clear-eyed daisies Always knew. Now the fields are brown and barren, Bitter autumn blows, And of all the stupid asters Not one knows I allow the wild asters to grow rampantly in my garden. They…

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Occupying Your Body
Health and Body Wellness | Midlife Motherhood

Occupying Your Body

ByShalagh Hogan October 14, 2019February 26, 2021

Having gone to every doctor to have every pain checked out, I finally was comfortable with reengaging in some true working out at the YMCA. I have been taking a weight-lifting class to tone up my belly as well as my upper body. And I have noticed an interesting shift in how I feel inside…

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Daily Shalagh | Health and Body Wellness | Self-Discovery

I May Still Be a Runner Yet

ByShalagh Hogan June 15, 2018May 31, 2022

A while back, I wrote a post titled, I’m No Longer a Runner. I bemoaned the fact that my apparent SI joint malformation was increasing in pain and that it may stop me cold from doing the one thing that had always been my happy exercise: running. Because when we are faced with chronic pain,…

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We All Feel This Way
Daily Shalagh | Self-Discovery

We All Feel This Way

ByShalagh Hogan January 19, 2018March 19, 2024

On two occasions recently, I was gifted these words :”We all feel this way.” And it struck me so profoundly that I thought I should share this in case you too were feeling a little like “no one will understand” and “I’m the only one”. I know we all think that we’re the only ones….

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January Decisions
Ahas | Daily Shalagh | Midlife Motherhood | Self-Discovery | Wisdom Lessons

January Decisions

ByShalagh Hogan January 10, 2018March 19, 2024

Like a permanent pause, the winter break has extended out with snowy weather. We are all at home again today doing what work or play needs to be done. I am trying stay patient, understanding that this too shall pass and we’ll be busy busy busy again soon enough. It’s an odd place to be….

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51 years and Counting
Daily Shalagh | Joy : Laugh with Me | Wisdom Lessons

51 years and Counting

ByShalagh Hogan September 27, 2017July 12, 2024

Oh I know I don’t look like I’m 51 years old. Because somehow the beauty is supposed to have faded by now. We recede into the cracks at the menopausal age, no longer prized for our beauty, not yet wise enough to be called such. Or is that just the crap I remember being terrified…

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Let Me Take You to Frumpytown
Ahas | Daily Shalagh | Wisdom Lessons

Let Me Take You to Frumpytown

ByShalagh Hogan April 19, 2017August 19, 2024

Cold and rainy, now snowy day. I just wanted to put on my old ugly fleece coat. The one I was surprised to find in the closet since it was from when I was pregnant, has a busted belt loop, and possibly a paint splotch on it. But it’s like wearing a blanket on a…

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On Turning 50 and Becoming Myself
Ahas | Daily Shalagh | Wisdom Lessons

On Turning 50 and Becoming Myself

ByShalagh Hogan September 16, 2016May 31, 2022

Today is my birthday. Funny thing about turning 50. There’s a lot of mental hoopla. And then you arrive at 50 and you just keep living. You’ve made it. You survived yourself and all your bad choices. And the prize for that is to keep living and squeezing all the wonderful joyous moments you can…

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Worthiness Casserole
Ahas | Daily Shalagh | Wisdom Lessons

Worthiness Casserole

ByShalagh Hogan July 11, 2016May 31, 2022

You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit. You can only hope that by the time your “looks” start to fade and your skin starts to droop with the inevitable taxation of age, that you understand that your worthiness for being loved, for valuing yourself, is based on the merits of your…

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