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It Was Weird

Ever have days where weird things happen? Of course, right? What I’m really asking is, “What do you do with your weird events? Do you dismiss them, or look for some meaning in them?”

Couple weird things yesterday:

Moved Sunday’s Guest Blogger (Lorie Sheffer) post to Lane 8
Ran my first 5k as a 50-year old.

Lorie Sheffer has been a regular Guest Blogger here at Mid Life Celebration for some time. It feels weird not seeing her here today. She has a great post at the next blog.

And it was really weird to receive a plaque reading, “Male Masters Overall Winner”, at yesterday’s Run Among The Lakes 5k. Wasn’t even a goal.

Are you pushing yourself?

Midlife Passion Milestone?

What prompts us recognize a milestone? What milestones are worthy of celebratory significance? How do we avoid sounding boastful?

Some things, like births and deaths, are major milestones we mark by recalling them each year. Some with celebration. Some with sorrow.

Today is a bit of both.

My Dad, Jack Noel, left his earthly life April 10, 2001.

He and our son never met. A summer trip home had been planned for June, but it was too late.

I learned a lot from my Dad, by what he did and didn’t do, but not from what he said. We didn’t talk much. Conversation between us was challenging.

Come to find out, I have so much to say that today marks the 2,000th blog post at Mid Life Celebration, LLC.

Five daily blogs. One midlife passion prescription.

Hey Dad, how’s Carter doing up there? 🙂 Miss you both.

Midlife Passion Prescription?

Email. A midlife prescription for passion?

Can’t live with it. Can’t live without it.

A necessary evil.

Our lifeline to the world.

Overwhelming in-box?

Spam. Potential virus-carrying attachments.

Long-lost friends reconnected. Joy.

What gives us passion in midlife?

We can be fairly confident it ain’t email.

Mid Life Rebirth?

Do you like Springtime? Perhaps it’s the joy of the warmer weather. Or all the flowering trees.

Or maybe it’s gentle, passing thoughts of rebirth.

Everywhere you look, nature’s wintery dormancy is giving way to rebirth. Nature reminds us that there are cycles in life. But these glorious reminders come and go fairly quickly. And we forget them.

In my monthly travels, it’s easy to see rebirth happening everywhere, like here in Albuquerque the past two days.

But it’s harder, if not invisible, to see rebirth happening in people, particularly those experiencing midlife.

And I can’t figure out why. Do you know why?

Everybody Says

Everybody says, “They grow up fast!”

Maybe it was looking at hundreds of 2005 photos last week.

Maybe it was watching a few very cute videos from 2005.

Maybe it was sleeping alone in this Albuquerque hotel room last night.

Maybe it’s all the promises I’ve made to him that are still unfulfilled.

Maybe it’s those colored beads in the bottle, one for each weekend until an 18th birthday.

We get one shot at this. Only one.

And everybody says, “They grow up fast!”