If Not Now, When

Last year was replete with events, issues and conversations about my home town, Thomson.  I started a Facebook page (!), I wrote articles, I attended meetings and had a great time was had by all.

New year, new focus.  All About Me.  My priorities, my writing, my art, travel and my "stuff."  I am 68.  Sixty-eight.  At my age, I can see a limited future - not maudlin, not fatalistic, just recognizing the horizon.  Sixty-eight and running strong.  Gotta sharpen my focus, have more fun.  If not now, when?

I spent most of my life being someone's daughter, someone's wife, someone's mother.  Good times, nothing wasted.  But my priorities have been mainly other-directed.

I'm always going to be a mom and a daughter, but those roles don't define me, never did.  I've always been myself, known who I am.  I haven't been stifled, but...I rarely put myself first. 

We'll see how it goes.