Mary Ann, Cynthia, and Friends
There are endless numbers of ABC lists, many made into books. We enjoy reading them often coming up with our own ideas for each of the letters. Cynthia and I decided to write the ABCs for the Silver Sage Sisters, so we started compiling a list. I had a few gatherings with other SSS, so I asked them for their ideas. Some were aspirational and others were practical voicing concerns. Some thoughts were just funny and yet others were nuggets of wisdom. The following list is a collective of input. See if you agree — or did you discover other possibilities? I am sure that you could add a few words of your own. This list is a snapshot of growing older:
A – Adaptable, Absent-minded – where are those glasses, Acts of kindness, Staying active, Agony, Assisted Living
B – Brave, Breathe, Bedtime ritual, Beautiful journey, Bone Density Tests, Birding, Baby Boomers, Brain Freeze- what is that word?
C – Caring, Creative, Cataracts, Cruises, Crotchety, Chronic Conditions, Crepe-like skin, Curious, Compression socks, COLA
D – Decadent, Dependence on Depends, Dementia, Dancing, Diets or Not, Doctors appointments
E – Elegant, Eyesight failing, Exercise, Elder
F – Fearless, Flexibility, Fun, Friends, Family, Faith, Sometimes the f-word just fits, Face lift, False teeth, Falling apart
G – Grace, Gray Hair, Gratitude, Genuine, Gardening, Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren, Gravity, Giggles
H – Happy, Helpful, Hair thinning, Home, Hobbies, Holidays
I – Independence, Isolation, Intelligence, Intuition, Incontinence, Inevitable
J – Joy, Joint stiffness, Jiggle more, Jowls,
K – Kindness matters, Bad knees, Knee replacements, Karma, A kiss is still a kiss
L – Laugher, Love, Life Review – reflection, Letting Go, Life-long Learning
M – Meditation, Memory issues– what memory, Money worries, It’s not about the money, Medicare, Medications – never so many, Mature, Memories, Movies any time of day,
N – New normal, Nutrition, Nature, It’s not over until it’s over, NAPS, Nursing homes
O – Optimistic, Old everything, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, If only….
P – Perseverance, Physical changes, Physiological decline, Prep for retirement, Pickleball, Part A, B,C,D – oh, my!
Q – Queries, Queen of everyday, Quiet time is more important, Quit working, Quality of life
R – Retirement, Radical, Reduced balance and coordination, Reserve, Readiness, Read
S – Sensitive, Spots – age and liver, Surreal, Social Circle Shrinks or expands, Safety, Sleeping Less or in front of the TV, Social Security, Self-Acceptance, Sagging Boobs, Sleeping in
T – Thankful, Travel, Words on the tip-or-your-tongue, Teamwork, Time to smell the roses, Time seems shorter and shorter
U – Unrelenting, Unknown, Unanswered questions, Universal Truths, Unbelievable time
V – Value the past, Volunteerism, Voracity, Virtues, Variety
W – Winsome, Wrinkles, Women’s Rights, No Work, Walking, Wisdom
X – Excellent Life, X-rays, X marks the spot – any spot you want
Y – Yippy – I made it this far!, Yearning, Youthful attitude, You can still change the world
Z – Zenith, Zest for Life
Did any of the concepts ring true for you? Maybe they spurred some reflection? It was fun gathering them from other Silver Sage Sisters like you!
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