Choice
Today, I will be brave with a list of four. Four open and honest truths for me. Today, I choose to write . The author, Katherine Applegate, called herself a reluctant writer. I connected immediately. That is me, sitting on dead center, knowing that I should write, even if no one ever reads these words. But writing is scary, someone might read it. My thoughts are random, high and low, profound and absurd, radical and conservative, and, sometimes, all at once. But they are my words. Grammatically incorrect, riddled with errors, but they are mine and they are all I have to offer. Today, I choose to write. Today, I choose to not be defined by my age . Our culture sees 61 as old, really old. Phrases begin to pop up. “Retirement is right around the corner. “You only have a few more good years left.” “You should take it easy.” (By the way, what does that even mean?) According to the CDC, my life expectancy is 78.6 years . So, yes, my years on earth ar