Hi there and welcome back to Loving Later Life! I’ve been in Arizona for the weekend to spend time with my Dad and his wife to be together for his 88th birthday. I remember like it was yesterday throwing him a surprise 50th …38 years ago! So crazy. We had a wonderful relaxing time talking and talking and eating and eating. I feel so grateful at my age to still have both my parents around and available for quality time. 

Birthday’s, like holiday time, are milestones marking the passage of time. Sometimes these milestones are joyous and sometimes they can be stressful, painful, difficult and challenging to name a few. Am I right?

I actually had another episode all cued up and ready to go for this week, and I realized I can’t skip over this ‘most wonderful time of the year’ without calling out what so many of us feel, think… and don’t say. So I am sitting here on the airplane in the middle seat, the day before this is to drop, writing down my thoughts to make this episode happen. As soon as I get home around 8pm, I will record, edit, write the shownotes (which I hope you check out on occasion at nancylanggibbs.com/shownotes), and then I’ll hopefully upload it in time for it to drop tonight at midnight PST. It would be much easier to let the scheduled episode land in your queue, but I’ve gotta follow my gut on this one. 

There is also a very special part to this episode because…. some listeners wanted to chime in with their thoughts regarding the last episode, which warned against getting bugs in your eyes. And if you didn’t listen to it yet you must, in order to know what that means!

So yes! You will hear recordings from women sharing their thoughts on how they feel about asking for help.  I want to thank you ladies for sharing...and for your help! So be sure to listen all the way through to hear what they have to say!