Northwind
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It is unfolding well. I've been tackling a sweater that is giving me new skills and it is going well
The Seasons of our Life
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It is unfolding well. I've been tackling a sweater that is giving me new skills and it is going well
BetteTheRed
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See, the wyrd thing is that I am not interested in a bad end of life. My children are long grown, it looks very unlikely that I will see grandchildren, my parents are decently buried. Would I go to any great extents to live longer for anyone else at the expense of significant quality of life?
I appear to be healthy enough at present, although my doc and I are investigating a significant weight loss recently (we're hoping it's just love, LOL). I know what diagnoses I am likely to receive over the next decade, and I have pretty clear ideas of how I will react to them. Certain kinds of cancer would cause me to apply for an early exit (colon cancer being one of them; I could not cope with intestines gradually chopped into nothing while undergoing multiple rounds of chemo and the discomfort of an ostomy bag; not gonna happen to me; my auntie and a great friend's daughter did it and I do not have that courage, nor that will to live). COPD, on the other hand, just means accepting exhaustion and a slow decline into breathlessness, and that doesn't seem awful.
As for seasons, I like maiden, mother and crone, but I note that crone is probably the longest stage for many of us. Maiden: 0-puberty or marriage, which may differ, but say 0-25. Mother: 25-50. Crone: 50-end. I'd like to live past 75, but who knows?
I appear to be healthy enough at present, although my doc and I are investigating a significant weight loss recently (we're hoping it's just love, LOL). I know what diagnoses I am likely to receive over the next decade, and I have pretty clear ideas of how I will react to them. Certain kinds of cancer would cause me to apply for an early exit (colon cancer being one of them; I could not cope with intestines gradually chopped into nothing while undergoing multiple rounds of chemo and the discomfort of an ostomy bag; not gonna happen to me; my auntie and a great friend's daughter did it and I do not have that courage, nor that will to live). COPD, on the other hand, just means accepting exhaustion and a slow decline into breathlessness, and that doesn't seem awful.
As for seasons, I like maiden, mother and crone, but I note that crone is probably the longest stage for many of us. Maiden: 0-puberty or marriage, which may differ, but say 0-25. Mother: 25-50. Crone: 50-end. I'd like to live past 75, but who knows?
ChemGal
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Not a fan of that, what would that put me at in my late 20s? Now?
BetteTheRed
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Maiden until you got married, crone when you exit menopause.
paradox3
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Croning parties were a thing back in the early nineties I would say.
I first encountered the model at the Ontario Women's Conference one year. @JayneWonders likely remembers it.
I first encountered the model at the Ontario Women's Conference one year. @JayneWonders likely remembers it.
ChemGal
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I have a good portion in between - I hope!
BetteTheRed
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I had my croning party in the U.S., with friends from Maryland. One is UU, one is Buddhist. We had a croning fire, and I was responsible to make sure there were still embers in the morning. I still have my croning doll, sort of a voodoo thing. It was a special transition.