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Encore Girl Growing old is a privilege! Stay relevant and ROCK IT!! (So many don't get a chance to live as long as you/we have!)
Remember: stay relevant and ROCK IT!!

Share your story with me, please, so we can experience the JOY in your JOurneY!

๐Ÿž๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐Ÿž    - the 2034 challenge continues into 2024!!  So, here's a '24 recap, so far!~~~~~JANUARY - Butterfly...
04/24/2024

๐Ÿž๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐Ÿž
- the 2034 challenge continues into 2024!!
So, here's a '24 recap, so far!
~~~~~
JANUARY - Butterfly Run - completed at Iberia Medical Center Cardiopulmonary Rehab Center [here to referred to as my "indoor" location and "run" on a recumbent elliptical machine] in honor of my late sister, whose birthday is in January - she was the ๐Ÿฆ‹butterfly to my ๐Ÿžladybug.
FEBRUARY - Despite very cold and windy conditions, and misdirections on the course, I did manage to cross the finish of the ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจKing Cake Run to benefit the Faith House of Acadiana. Though it was not officially 5k after all, everyone did the best they could under some adverse weather conditions.
... but also in February, I accepted the ๐ŸธLeap Year Dare challenge (indoors) and made a 4-week commitment to complete 2k the 1st week, 4k the 2nd week, 6k the 3rd week, and 8k the 4th week.
MARCH - I Hit the Road for Hospice of Acadiana in Lafayette, LA - finishing their 5k, to honor my late father-in-law, OJ Stanfield.
APRIL - Brought the ๐ŸŒžSolar Eclipse Run (indoors) on the day of the eclipse. It was an "easy" 2.4 miles but what fun to celebrate a special day in our celestial calendar!
-- finished up April with the New Iberia Spanish Festival's ๐Ÿ‚Running of the Bulls 5k in downtown New Iberia. Whew! it was HOT and humid, but I was determined to get it done... and I did, finishing as the "bull's tail" - the last to cross the finish line! But no shame in my game - I was the only 70+ female in the race so I was awarded the ๐Ÿฅ‡1st place medal! YAY! ๐Ÿ˜†

Next up? The Bayou Side 5 K Run 1 Mile Walk - I plan to complete the 5k, of course. It benefits the ๐Ÿง  Iberia Mental Health Initiative and will be right here along Bayou Teche in New Iberia on Saturday, May 4th. Still time to sign up if you want to walk with me! :-)
Hope to see you there!!!
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๐•ญ๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–Œ๐–”๐–”๐–‰ โ€ข ๐”น๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž!
๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง: ๐ŸžAฯ…ษณฦšiM๐Ÿž ๐Ÿ’– ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช!

๐Ÿ€๐Ÿž๐•ญ๐–†๐–ž๐–”๐–š๐–‡๐–š๐–Œ'๐–˜ ๐•ฟ๐–๐–”๐–š๐–Œ๐–๐–™ ๐–‹๐–”๐–— ๐•ฟ๐–”๐–‰๐–†๐–ž๐Ÿž๐Ÿ€๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก: ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€(๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ) ๐Ÿ˜†  -- โ€œEverybody knows if you are too ...
02/22/2024

๐Ÿ€๐Ÿž๐•ญ๐–†๐–ž๐–”๐–š๐–‡๐–š๐–Œ'๐–˜ ๐•ฟ๐–๐–”๐–š๐–Œ๐–๐–™ ๐–‹๐–”๐–— ๐•ฟ๐–”๐–‰๐–†๐–ž๐Ÿž๐Ÿ€

๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก: ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€
(๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ) ๐Ÿ˜†
-- โ€œEverybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.โ€
--GERTRUDE STEIN

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๐•„๐•’๐•œ๐•– ๐•’ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•– โ€ข ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐š๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐š—๐š โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!
๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง: ๐ŸžAฯ…ษณฦšiM๐Ÿž ๐Ÿ’– ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช!

07/02/2018

I'm considering the production of an interview podcast series focusing on topics of interest to women in our Encore lifestage. ๐Ÿ˜Š What or who would you like to hear about/from? Don't be bashful... PM me if you prefer.

04/11/2017

Welcome, Peggy Warden!!! We're just getting started but, would love to hear from you!

04/10/2017

โค๏ธ โค๏ธ
โ€œYou have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it.
Decide todayโ€™s the day.
Say it: this is going to be my day.โ€
~ Brendon Burchard
[AFTERTHOUGHT: TRUTH TIME - Less "wish" - more "do." As women, we have been taught, dare I say sold (?) the "Prince Charming" method, the "wish-upon-a-star" way to get something to happen. But, in truth, we must be our own knight in shining armor and must do it for ourselves if it is to be done with any sense of satisfaction. โค๏ธ]

04/08/2017

โค๏ธ โค๏ธ
โ€œItโ€™s not an easy journey to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.โ€ ~ Tyler Perry

[AFTERTHOUGHT: Are you on the JOurneY to get to a place where you can forgive YOURSELF? Equally not easy, certainly as powerful and possibly even more freeing! Forgive yourself about the past, find your inner joy and move on... positively. โค๏ธ]

04/02/2017

โค๏ธ โค๏ธ
โ€œYou fall, you rise. You make mistakes,
you live, you learn. Youโ€™re human, not perfect. Youโ€™ve been hurt, but youโ€™re alive.
Think of what a precious privilege it is
to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, and to be with people you love.
Sometimes there is sadness in our journey, but there is also lots of beauty.
We must keep putting one foot in front of the other even when we hurt, for we will never know what is waiting for us just around the bend.โ€ ~ Ritu Ghalourey

โค๏ธMake it a great Sunday, y'all! โค๏ธ

04/01/2017

โค๏ธ โค๏ธ
"Just because youโ€™re grown up and then some doesnโ€™t mean settling into the doldrums of predictability. Surprise people. Surprise yourself. ~ Victoria Moran

03/31/2017

๐Ÿ’— ๐Ÿ’—
"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. " ~ Jim Fiebig

03/30/2017

I've decided I need a place to share, engage and commiserate with like-minded folks, primarily female and primarily my age contemporary (also in their "encore stage of life") and/or those younger who are interested in... learning/sharing stories/have questions about growing older gracefully and with panache.
Feel free to add/start conversations at will.

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