Monday, January 17, 2011

Where do I fit in?

I am at a crossroad in my life since turning sixty. Different from any other stage of life.  I view the world and  people, much less optimistically than in my youth. I have lost many of the people who defined my existence. My husband, my mother and too many friends are no longer in my circle of life. The house where I raised my children with my husband of twenty seven years and the family restaurants I worked at for thirty seven years are gone from my daily life. Still I am. But what am I?

It sounds so simple. I am still so many things I was before. I embrace being a grandmother , mother, sister, and friend. I am thankful for having a job I enjoy and a home in which I am comfortable. In these areas I feel whole. Life's current direction, however,  lacks definition. There is an unknown quotient that never existed before. I am figuratively here scratching my head in indecision and LAUGHING AT MYSELF.

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