When I heard
that the 1983 film, “A Christmas Story” was adapted
into a musical, I thought that it would be a great way to kick off the holiday season with my son. It’s a tradition for us every year to watch the movie that takes place on Cleveland Street in Indiana in the l940’s. We laugh over and over again at Ralphie’s quest to get a Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot BB gun for
Christmas! The holiday movie, "A Christmas Story” is so
appealing to the masses and we never get tired of watching it over and over
again because
it fuels our memories of our own holiday stories. We all can remember
a time when we worried that all the “bad stuff" done that year would keep Santa from giving
us that one special, must have, childhood toy. My coveted toy was a Barbie convertible.
A way to survive the empty nest and a "cracked "relationship with a fun daily challenge of new experiences, reflections, sources, and some biblical guidance. I hope this blog which offers a fun journey to survive by trying something new, either vicariously or by doing, will result in a survival tool kit to replace the past familiar doing, giving, and/or incorporating the interest of your child or your long gone love interest, with some new self interest(s).
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Day 177 Joe Beretta Foundation-Story of Family-Giving Thanks
I have seen many of my friends use an unexpected adverse experience to catapult them into some type of positive action (see Day 60- Skully's Wish, Day 28-Support A Friend, Alzheimer's, Day 57-Ovarian Cancer). We participate in various causes because we are affected personally, because of friendship, or because the story behind the action makes us want to help. It’s the story behind my childhood best friend’s loss of her husband to heart failure and her family’s amazing dream to make things better for others in similar situations, that fuels my desire to help and share the cause of the Joe Beretta Foundation. (see TheJoeBerettaFoundation.com)
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Day 176 Try Running/Never Thought I Would
The days are getting shorter and it’s a race to get some activity
in before the sun sets. Jogging gives you a work out in a short period of
time. I have to admit that I hate to run
and I would do anything to avoid any
type of running. I would joke that I would be the first one in a group to be eaten by a bear
because I am so slow.
I never thought that I would even attempt to run at my age, especially because I need to save my
knees for skiing. However, I was inspired by my college friend who finished the
Boston half marathon. She also hated to run and her efforts fueled a competitive nerve that I did not think I even
had. I thought that if my friend can master a marathon than I can at least try to run a 5k. Conquering a weakness is a
quality of a being self- actualized or reaching
your personal best, so I started to jog.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Day 175 Red Hot Chili Pipers- A Bagpipe concert?
This empty nest period has been filled with an explosion of
new music experiences ranging from Jazz
(Day 15), banjos (Day 54), alternative Rock (Day 137), to
Rap (Day 170 ). However, I did not
expect my new music exposure to include
a bagpipe concert! I must admit that I never imagined listening
to bagpipes without attending a St. Patty’s Day celebration,
some type of memorial, or watching clog dancing, until I heard The Red Hot Chili Pipers, (not peppers but pipers).
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Day 174-Salome, Pittsburgh Opera-regretful lust
When I ask most of my friends to go to the opera I often get
a polite, “no thank you. ” I would like to point out that opera is all about the overall experience and
this blog is about the overall experience of trying new things especially in the midst of a life change (see Day 143). I say
go for the hyped up experience of the opera with the symphony,
singing, dancing, extravagant sets, costumes, and drama.
You really don’t have to follow every detail
of the story to understand what the show is trying to convey. Pittsburgh Opera's Salome, is all about uncontrolled lust and
desire fueling one to behave in an unusual or in a bizarre manner. We all have performed regretful acts birthed from something that we
think that we need or must have!
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