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Growing Old Gracefully

August 24, 2020 · Lifestyle

I have mixed emotions about aging, on one hand, I feel blessed for every birthday that I am given because we are never promised tomorrow. I have witnessed this for myself. On the other hand, it is really hard seeing yourself fall apart! I have always heard older people say that they look in the mirror and still see that young vibrant person of their youth, yet others start to see them as “old” and we also start to feel and see ourselves that way also.

I had Lasik eye correction surgery back in the early 2000s. I hated wearing glasses, even as a child. I remember having to get glasses in 2nd grade. There were not many kids that had to wear them but I did, I would try to get away with not. My Mom embarrassed me so much because she knew that I wasn’t wearing them in school so she wrote a note to my teacher asking her to make sure that I was wearing them. Of course, the teacher made a point to call me out in front of everyone. The things we remember and stick with us from our childhood!! Long story short, I have always hated wearing glasses. I tried wearing contacts and that didn’t go well, I ended up scratching my cornea and could never get used to having them in my eyes. I enjoyed many years of awesome vision after my Lasik surgery, until…

Apparently, Lasik will not stop the aging process and your need for reading glasses. It is like it happened overnight! I have teased my husband for a few years now about his reading glasses, I even keep a pair in my purse for when we are in restaurants so he can see the menu! My time has come and I need reading glasses a lot of the time and I think I might even need some help with my distance. I dread having to purchase glasses, all I see is that second grader sitting in class being teased about her glasses. What do y’all think about wearing glasses, dislike them as much as me?

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Today over on Hello South Blog I am sharing: ๐Ÿ“ ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ
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๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š ๐’˜๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’๐’Ž, ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’•, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ~ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’
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We are trying to remember the blessings behind the stress & worry while on our house hunting trip down here in Florida. How blessed are we that we have the opportunity to go on a house hunting trip let alone in such a beautiful location! ๐Ÿค I am amazed by how beautiful the beaches are ๐Ÿ˜
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Most women have a skincare routine but end up forgetting about 3 areas that can make you look older than you are. Do you have any ideas what areas those are? Today over on ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐  I have shared those 3 forgotten areas along with ways you can get ahead of the aging process with them. 
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๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆโ€ฆ Some periods in our lives are stormier then others. Honestly it has been a stormy year for us. What is it that they say, get knocked down 9 times, get up 10 ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป
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I debated sharing this most recent storm with yโ€™all but I thought some of you might eventually notice a change in scenery! My husband found out in February that his company was going to eliminate his entire department. Unfortunately he has not been able to find a new job in the Charleston area. We were blessed that he was offered a position with a new company in the St Petersburg, Florida area. So as much as we love Charleston and had long term plans here we will be moving. ๐Ÿก
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Things that I know for sure:
โœจ God has something different planned for us and we need to trust in his plan. ๐Ÿค
โœจ I can handle a lot more stress then I ever thought I could. 
โœจ Things could always be worse, we have our health. 
โœจ People judge, they think they know what is going on but they really have no idea. So let them judge and think they โ€œknowโ€ but only one opinion really matters and He sees your heart. ๐Ÿ•Š Just keep shining โœจ
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So stay tuned friends! Lots of changes are coming in a very short period of time! Weโ€™ve got this! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
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