OCTOGERANIUMS

Tomorrow I turn 80.  I am joyfully celebrating with family and friends and all of you. I have thought up a rite of passage into this new and exciting phase of life. We are calling ourselves Octogeraniums, a hardy flower that has much wisdom to share and things we can do for the greater good. We wake up every day glad to be alive and to discover new ways of being in harmony with one another and Mother Earth and continue to play/work at how we can best be our wise and vibrant selves even with aging limitations. We are saying to ourselves and others we are not done yet.  Jean Shinoda Bolen came up with this brilliant word Octogenarian when she turned 80.  Great appreciation to her and others who are PathMakers into this new and exciting phase of elders.    

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