Mae Schlick's Third Act

Adventure #1-The 63rd Birthday Party I have spent the bulk of my life doing for others. In many areas of my life, I am not very good at doing for myself. For the past few years, I have been finding my voice. Not a musical one but a voice that is able to express my needs, and wants and desires. A voice that integrates the needs of others with my own. A voice that advocates for myself and understands that being last or silent is not always a virtue.  As with most things in life it is a delicate balance between becoming too self-centered and selfish and doing what others want, pretending that it doesn't matter when it does. It is a balance between advocating for your own needs and sacrificing them so the needs of someone else may be met. I hope I am maturing and becoming more skilled at achieving this balance. However I do know that in the learning, the pendulum has swung wildly from one extreme to the other. One moment not caring what anyone thinks and just doing; the next contri...

Prologue Not quite a year ago, I retired from teaching preschool part time out of my home. Initially I was busy helping to complete major work projects on our home: kitchen counters and sink and new floors in the sitting/dining room and kitchen. Added to that a period of time that my husband was quite sick and I was kept more than busy. As one day followed another, I spent time reflecting on my life. searching for my new norm. I still have enough uncompleted projects to fill my days but my being ached for something more. Something out of the ordinary, different than what I had spent the last sixty some years doing. I hadn't come to any grand conclusions or discoveries when several events collided, setting me on a new trajectory. First was pondering the biblical promise of an abundant life and what that might look like in my own life. Expanding on that was attending a Bible Study that my daughter led on the same topic. Among other things, we discussed thankfulness, joy, and pray...

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