I started my life in an industrial region of Germany; one grandfather was a coal miner, the other a farmer and each of my grandmothers raised four kids.
Who would have thought that I would spend some of my life in France, to study philosophy and then move to Québec, Canada? To marry a québécois (still the love of my life!), raise four kids with him and have a career in a field unrelated to philosophy?
Not everything has been perfect or is, but life has been good to me. God has been good to me. I’m very thankful for my journey until now and curios what’s still to come.
When I turned 40, I started snowboarding, seeing this as a now-or-never opportunity. Now (age 53), I’m still snowboarding when snow conditions are good. I still explore new things, but my body, declining even though I do my best to do “physical upkeep”, sets limits I hadn’t experienced before. I guess this makes me a bit more humble. And it makes me really appreciate all the stuff I can still do.
There is a new freedom. If you have kids, they are more and more independent and, having spent a lot of time and energy at “being a mom”, you can now get back to being yourself first. Renewing friendships, making new friends, picking up new activities.
Being acknowledged as we are, strong, frail, with our accomplishments and failures, and with at least some glimpses of maturity!
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