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Change is o.k. I guess.
But at what point should one begin to think about starting over?
I am giving serious consideration to reliving my life with new loves.
No, I don’t mean acquiring new relationships.
Well, maybe so. Maybe some relationships. Relationships with places and things.
Long-time favorites once loved and counted on are either going, going, going, or gone.
- The downtown gift shop I loved and even wrote advertising copy for is selling out!
- The health food store I depended on for expensive delicacies and youth restoring vitamins has already closed its doors.
- Long nylon nightgowns that helped with silky, sleepy, bed-turning are now considered “Vintage” and impossible to find unless you want to sleep in something slept in by somebody else.
- Big terry cloth pot holders with pockets are missing. They may be another vintage item. (Hurrah Ebay!)
- My quilted barn coat is getting frayed from 12 years of use and is irreplaceable. The store that carried it no longer carries it. Neither does anyone else.
- Favorite tea flavor (Vanilla Caramel) is gone from our local grocery stores. Is there such a thing as Vintage Tea? (Yay! Amazon!).
Every day something else is NA (Not Available – To be youth oriented, I am practicing talking in initials) and the search begins for replacements.
“Such is life,” my sainted mother used to say.
She never told me I would lose so many old loves and would have to start life over.
Virginia Views 