tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post5704483172131532727..comments2024-03-28T18:56:38.364-07:00Comments on Tracey Broome : That Girl, This GirlTracey Broomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-5058291290114269602013-09-17T09:06:14.974-07:002013-09-17T09:06:14.974-07:00So many changes and so many sames! That's a ne...So many changes and so many sames! That's a new word: sames. You the sames even if the spell check wants to call you dames! The sames with added wisdom! Yay!Susan Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140154072848967299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-7238278067235100112013-09-16T06:29:45.402-07:002013-09-16T06:29:45.402-07:00In my mind's eye I am still 25...and then I ca...In my mind's eye I am still 25...and then I catch a glimpse of the skin on my arm- or have to look closely in a mirror for an eyelash and I see 53. I think WHAT??!! When did that happen! Like my body has no right to age or something ~ <br /><br />But at the same time I am finding a peace inside myself, unlike the urgency I felt as a 25 year old. Some confidence after all these years. <br /><br />I like that we can keep changing and growing for the whole life span, a constant work in progress. I am excited to see where it all leads and what adventures await me...and you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06084462536524346103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-57905144852201810222013-09-16T04:55:40.337-07:002013-09-16T04:55:40.337-07:00Reinventing can be exciting, can't it?!
Thanks...Reinventing can be exciting, can't it?!<br />Thanks Dennis!Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-38716010656574909612013-09-15T17:32:35.831-07:002013-09-15T17:32:35.831-07:00Tracey, I think June left you a comment on my blog...Tracey, I think June left you a comment on my blog. Unintended stuff happens to all of us sometimes.<br />Dennis Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170187288282755570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-42323182077001514302013-09-15T15:31:38.092-07:002013-09-15T15:31:38.092-07:00Something about the 50's has me reflecting a l...Something about the 50's has me reflecting a lot on who I used to be too. Life leaves us no choice but to continually re-invent ourselves. We are ever changing and some times it happens so fast it catches me by surprise when I look into the mirror. Being a woman and growing older with grace is challenging for me. Some days I'm cool with it and other days I'm terrified.<br />DirtKicker Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602931467150962399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-16057141048287134372013-09-15T10:23:04.294-07:002013-09-15T10:23:04.294-07:00Michele, I'm sure that's what I am going t...Michele, I'm sure that's what I am going through. Wesley seems like she finally has grown up enough that I feel like I have done what I can, now it's up to her. Now I have to figure out what I'm up to!Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-61787793614642528452013-09-15T09:16:55.827-07:002013-09-15T09:16:55.827-07:00I started reconnecting with myself after Danielle ...I started reconnecting with myself after Danielle was done with college. I think i felt that the most important part of my job as her mother was done and I could focus on myself without feeling guilty.<br />It is a journey, not always an easy one.<br />Michèle Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346907762804197879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-74445338762379073652013-09-15T06:18:53.525-07:002013-09-15T06:18:53.525-07:00Thanks Vicki, same goes for you :-)
Hey Lori, the ...Thanks Vicki, same goes for you :-)<br />Hey Lori, the journey is the best part isn't it? I hardly ever have a destination haha!Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-4347314232244256472013-09-15T06:17:31.861-07:002013-09-15T06:17:31.861-07:00Laura, I was sure when I wrote this yesterday that...Laura, I was sure when I wrote this yesterday that there were a bunch of us out there feeling the same way. Thanks for taking the time to write this comment, I will read it many more times! All the best to you!<br />XoTracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-24461559225348038072013-09-15T05:11:06.995-07:002013-09-15T05:11:06.995-07:00Dennis is right with his comment about it being th...Dennis is right with his comment about it being the journey, not the destination that matters. I say this whenever I go on a bike ride and people ask "where did you go?" I went home. My final destination is my home, me. The journey is just how we do things while we are getting back there.Lori Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233955188892423314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-67209867160003669682013-09-15T04:21:14.841-07:002013-09-15T04:21:14.841-07:00Beautiful. Inside and out.Beautiful. Inside and out.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-19663005850172877812013-09-14T21:07:31.341-07:002013-09-14T21:07:31.341-07:00It is so cool to hear you say this, because I felt...It is so cool to hear you say this, because I felt the exact same way not that long ago. <br /><br />What I remembered about myself at 20 was how full of confidence I was, and how everyday was a new adventure, and how I didn't think about the future very much at all. <br /><br />I never had a jealous or envious bone in my body about anyone or anything, including my bf at the time, who is still my husband today. There was something about being so young, and having the whole world ahead of you, people to meet, places to go. I felt so free. <br /><br />Maybe it is our age, or our empty nests? I have a 20 year old girl, and a 22 year old boy. I turn 52 next month. <br /><br />I've been feeling really happy lately, happier than I've been in many years. I've been spending a lot of time reading, studying things I'm interested in on my own, being a more present friend to my friends and my husband and myself. I don't know, really working on myself and being a better human. <br /><br />Sometimes I get that career envy thing - when I speak to my dear old friends who never gave their careers up. But then I see how much happier I am than they are, and that goes away. I've actually taken time to work on my Happy. It's not something that is dependent on anything external like a job, or money or even my kids. It's all from within - so it's me. I've got that, which is cool. <br /><br />I just lost a bff last Sunday who was only 43 and after the initial shock I realized, yeah, I am so really going to miss seeing her face stop by my house, but you know what? She is in me. I am the me that I am, because she was my friend. So she is always in me. I just have to recognize her in a different way. It's sad and hard but I can already feel it. <br /><br />And that's what I figured out- that 20-me - is in me - and in my girl and in my boy, and my husband, too.<br />Remembering her, just sort of reminded me of more of the simple goodness and easy happiness that came so easily at that young age. And now I feel it more at this age, too. I just have less energy, but even that seems to be on the rise. <br /><br />I don't know, I guess, the thing that has changed the most for me in the past two years, is how easily I shift to Happy. Happy is just always right there for me these days, and I'm so grateful for that, because I see how happy it makes my husband, and even at a distance, my kids. We're all connected - and my Happy makes them happy. <br /><br />I still sometimes struggle with "am I doing enough", "am I meeting up to my potential", "am I contributing enough" - but it's not something I worry about for very long, something always seems to come up. <br /><br />It's nice to know that others are thinking this way, I imagine women have been feeling this way for 100's of years - if they lived that long. But it's so cool to hear it. <br /><br />Let me just say it this way - how you're feeling? Ditto. <br /><br />Laura Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422915552619118015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-36599570263232178672013-09-14T19:21:16.619-07:002013-09-14T19:21:16.619-07:00Absolutely, and good thing, I have absolutely no d...Absolutely, and good thing, I have absolutely no destination in mind, haha!Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-42115636373527671932013-09-14T17:13:23.267-07:002013-09-14T17:13:23.267-07:00Best of luck sorting it all out.Remember it is all...Best of luck sorting it all out.Remember it is all journey not destination.<br />Dennis Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170187288282755570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-13231514985106015382013-09-14T14:35:39.697-07:002013-09-14T14:35:39.697-07:00Thanks Mary, good way to look at our younger selve...Thanks Mary, good way to look at our younger selves, I like thinking I'm "polished" now!<br />Writing does help so much, that's mostly why I have this blog, just put it out there and then move on, great therapy :-)Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-58813433715606992592013-09-14T14:01:30.381-07:002013-09-14T14:01:30.381-07:00Very thoughtful and thought provoking post - and l...Very thoughtful and thought provoking post - and love the photos of then and now. It's all good...<br />I do know how you feel about re-connecting with your original passions, and the way you once were.<br />It's a nostalgic feeling, seeing your young self in those old pics.<br />The thing is, that person is still there, altered and polished - fired in the kiln, if you will. <br />I do some writing - haibun,haiku,tanka mostly. and have found writing about some of those past times a meaningful process. Evolving all the time.<br />Best to you in finding the way, I know you will,<br />Mary <br /> littlemancathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042609230502564280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-77188564255756561372013-09-14T12:55:32.173-07:002013-09-14T12:55:32.173-07:00Talk about shifts and changes! Boy have you had yo...Talk about shifts and changes! Boy have you had your fair share! Yes, lunch, just let me know when!, or I'll let you know, haha!Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-7120524069087498782013-09-14T11:52:35.136-07:002013-09-14T11:52:35.136-07:00Oh, plus we have more lunches in US!
To be continu...Oh, plus we have more lunches in US!<br />To be continued...<br />cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393740465996795163.post-40544815427948225442013-09-14T11:50:46.721-07:002013-09-14T11:50:46.721-07:00She was always there, waiting for you to be with h...She was always there, waiting for you to be with her again.<br />The same, but different.<br />We are who we are.<br />You have been going through major shifts and changes.<br />I am happy as all get out to see and hear you find your footing.<br />Life carries on.<br />The fun is going with it.<br />The rest is still to come.<br />Look forward and keep on.cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.com