Aging My Way
One of my blog followers wrote yesterday that although we had never met, she had been following me so long that she felt I was an old friend. I don’t think there could have been anything nicer than that said to a writer. And comments like hers make me happy to be blogging again after my short sabbatical.
I’ve been blogging here on Word Press since 2010, the year I turned 71 and when I was still traveling around the country with my canine companion Maggie. The view then was ever changing.
Meanwhile, this will be my 1,588th blog, and tomorrow I turn 85. A splendid view of the Catalina Mountains from my small Tucson apartment greets me each day, and my canine companion is named Scamp.
I wake up each morning with gratitude in my heart — for what I had in the past, and what I now have. I’m content.
Pat Bean is a retired award-winning journalist who lives in Tucson with her canine companion, Scamp. She is an avid reader, an enthusiastic birder, the author of Travels with Maggie available on Amazon (Free on Kindle Unlimited), is always searching for life’s silver lining, and these days aging her way – and that’s usually not gracefully.
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Happy Birthday!
Thanks Dawn.
Happy, happy birthday, Pat! I love reading your blogs! 💕
Thanks Tonya. Your comment cheers my heart.
Happy birthday! ❤️
Happy #85 ðwe are cheering for you! ð£
happy, happy birthday, Pat! yes, i loved the bluebells in Texas last year about this time when we were there visiting old military buddies. my cousin lived in Tucson for many, many years and it wasn’t until we lived (in our RV) in Yuma then Goodyear that i learned to appreciate the beauty of the desert. wasn’t so thrilled with the scorpions tho.
Hi Sis. I hop[e you are doing well and hope to see you soon.