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In essence, time is both our friend and our enemy.

Over time, we learn, we hope, what is really important and who we really are. But, there is only so much time to come to those realizations, and generally speaking, we don’t know how much time we have. So, there is a sense of urgency to do it all, figure it all out and find someone who cares about us enough to support us in our search.

What I know is that I now have the space and time to answer some of these questions related to my place in life. I need a depository for these heavy thoughts. Hence, this blog.

I represent a certain demographic, i.e., “women of a certain age.” That’s a vague phrase with a variety of meanings, as Julia Baird explores in The Sydney Morning Herald. I choose for it to mean that I am no longer young, but don’t consider myself old yet. Others may disagree, but what is indisputable is that I represent The Baby Boomers, a marketing demographic that capitalism can ill afford to ignore.

We Baby Boomer women have been trendsetters and pioneers throughout our lives. As such, we’ve had to learn things the hard way, with little to no support from the generation of women who came before us. In fact, in some cases, the women before us actually tried to stand in our way, perhaps as their defense for our trying to achieve things in life that were not options for them.

I hope this blog will serve, not just as an avenue for sharing my thoughts and feelings, but also as an avenue for frank discussion, whether in agreement or disagreement. Occasionally, as the spirit compels me, I will post a blog about issues. My perspective may or may not be yours, but regardless, perhaps my thoughts will spur your own.

I believe it is crucial that we each experience as much as we can and constantly analyze what is happening around us to make sure that we have the facts, understand all sides of issues, empathize with others who may have different life experiences and make decisions that benefit the common good. There are no easy answers for many issues we face these days. Now, more than ever perhaps, we are called to love our neighbor as ourselves.