Author Archives: Suzie

Writer, author, columnist, speaker, but also mom, wife, adventurer, breast cancer survivor, child of God, and Suzie.

Bittersweet

Saying goodbye is never fun, so I won’t say it today.
All of us are easily found, just in other neighborhoods.
Dotsie is the Big Boss of the #1 Boomer site on the web at http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com and posts in the forums every day.
Eva Marie, our sunny Florida girl is sitting pretty at http://www.evamarieeverson.com and also writes regularly for Crosswalk.
Keri, our youngest BBR […]

Curs-ed Insomnia

A bleary-eyed Suzie sits in front of this laptop today. It’s Day #12 in a string of sleepless nights. I’m exhausted, a little cranky, and considering a hammer to the head (a light tap) to help me sleep tonight. It all started when they removed my ovaries 17 years ago. . .

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What She Said. . .

  Allison, the birthday boomer, asked us to dream.

Dotsie asked us to consider the top ten trends among Boomers: Working longer * Re-invention * Maintaining Youthfulness * Health Management * Righting Relationships * Traveling * Going Green * Working and Playing Online * Getting Organized * Volunteering.
That’s what she said — these Boomer Girls with their reflective posts that make us think and question where […]

Five ingredients make me happy

 
Do you ever struggle to fix dinner? Sometimes I do because there are just the two of us and whipping up a huge meal just doesn’t make sense. My new bloggy friend, Rocks in My Dryer, is an Oklahoma girl and this week she held a Five Ingredients or Less recipe linky blog.
Over 400 bloggers […]

‘Fess Up Friday

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Today is Fess Up Friday on BBR.
Okay, let me give it a try. Today I fess up that I’m an annoying optimist. In fact, I wrote about it on my personal blog just yesterday.

What about you? What’s one thing you want to get off your chest. Is it that you secretly […]

What I love to do best

I’m not really here today. Well, I’m here–on this blog–but it’s not really Friday. It’s Tuesday, and my living room is awash with luggage, laundry, books, a supersized bag of candy for my book table, and a sheaf of papers and tickets and notes.
I’m on my way to speak at the She Speaks conference this […]

Facebook Mee Maw

Mom is finally getting stronger. A bout with double pneumonia and renal failure nearly gave my mom the old one-two. But she’s a fighter and her smile is back, and she’s walking and swimming three times a week now.
But she’s a little lonely, having to stay indoors more than out, as her lungs recuperate.
I drove […]