Comments on: My Lovely Bones

By: Iris

Iris — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:17:21 +0000

I’ve known I had osteoporosis since I was 50. I’m not denying it’s serious. The list of my other, even more serious, “aging” signs–aside from the jowls and loose skin around my eyes–continue piling up like a massive car accident on the freeway of my life. Okay, jowls and saggy skin IS serious, but I’m going to turn 60 this year, so that’s to be expected. And so are the regular visits to a cardiologist and the hip pain someone mentioned. The clock really is ticking, which means to me that there is still much to be done–just less time in which to do it, so I have to work a little faster and ignore the hip and the old lady I see in the mirror every morning (even if others tell me I don’t look anything close to my age).

When we stop dreaming of goat farms some day, then we have stopped living. You ain’t dead till you’re dead. You’ve never heard of a 90-year old goat farmer? I’m sure they have them in one of those places where they eat only yogurt or practice yoga and live in yurts.

By: Leah Rubin

Leah Rubin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:39:30 +0000

Wow, you covered clever, witty, poignant, and authentic, and I loved every word.

Two things to share: 1. Gloria Steinem said about 71 when she turned 71, “It sounds like someone else’s age.” I fully live that! And 2. It was inevitable that our kids would think we are fossils. I asked my daughter recently about a pop culture thing, and she suggested that I could do a blog post titled “Ways In Which I’m Clueless”. I might just do that!

By: Annice

Annice — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:42:00 +0000

Oh yes – one more thing to add to our aging fracefully list. Allow me to recommend nettle tea. It’s good for the bones and so many other things. I suggest the leaves – brew the tea for at least 4 hours and you can drink it cold or hot or room temperature. And don’t forget to add honey.

By: elisabeth

elisabeth — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:07:37 +0000

Melinda wrote, “How does one avoid thinking of aging as a ‘disease’ as the medical profession labels it, but at the same time begin to realize that with the inexorable march of time we have to start being more conscious, more careful and, hopefully more introspective and spiritual.” Having to be more conscious — don’t twist that back! watch those knees! — I find that hard to focus on, it means being more deliberate and mindful. But I like learning to be more deliberate and mindful… and if the physical demands aid my spirit’s expansion then I will try to remember to say Thank You for this opportunity of this time of life. ‘Try’ is key here, the memory is going…
Thank you for the topic.

By: alison

alison — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:11:28 +0000

keep them coming. The disconnect is ongoing, or maybe it just starts in your 30s. Suddenly everyone is younger. Measuring ourselves by how we feel inside works great, until the body revolts with back pain, knee pain, and the like.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:33:55 +0000

I thought those aches were just “growing pains!”

By: Proinsias

Proinsias — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:15:23 +0000

You are such a good writer, Prudence.

“I’m never going to have another child or a goat farm.”

Love your work…and your brain.