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Natalie Vice
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Memories of Tomorrow
Literature & Fiction
Author Insight
When Your Path Hits a Cross-road...
I chose this excerpt from Memories of Tomorrow, because it reflects not only my mood for the day but in so many ways the point I'm at in life..a crossroads. When we're young, we burst forth into life as if it's a race. Constantly pushing forward, only occasionally glancing left or right to gauge our progress against that of our peers. As the years roll on, we've become so caught up in juggling careers, kids, and life's plans, that although we may often wistfully glance around, we lack the time and energy to pursue any other avenue. Then we reach mid-life, and we do begin to look around, in earnest. But we're still a little short on time and energy for the preponderance to have a foothold in real actions. Tack on a few more years, and we're suddenly having conversations with ourselves to try to plot a course forward for those ever-looming golden years. Now, the crossroad has arrived. Now, we've reached a place where choices must be made. It's in these moments, that a lifelong friend and confidant becomes something to treasure. Jo & Gina (along with myself) have reached that place. Please enjoy this small excerpt of Gina's reflections, and if you like the read, follow this bubble to any one of several purchase options. Til next week, Natalie
Book Excerpt
Memories of Tomorrow
Freshly showered, and dressed in her best “casual, comfortable, but fit to go out in public clothes”, Gina made her way to her second-best friend, the coffee pot. Ahh, the day just couldn’t start without that freshly brewed, fantastically smelling, life giving pot of joe.
As she opened the cabinet to choose which strength and flavor she wanted for today, she pondered the beauty of her life.
Here I am at 58, in decent health, comfortable in my home, comfortable in my life, and lacking for none of the necessities. So why am I so in need of my old best friend?
She already knew the answer. She’d had so many conversations with herself about that very thing, that she knew the answer almost as quickly as she had the thought.
Because although on the surface everything looks so well put together and comfy, underneath I’m struggling. Struggling with my path in life. The crossroads I find myself at today, professionally and personally, aren’t offering a clear way forward. My kids are grown with kids of their own. My relationship with Melvin is somewhere between halfway decent and halfway over. My time at the rehab is coming to a close… not quickly, but coming, nonetheless. Where do I go from here? How do I decide what to do with my remaining years? How do I fill up all the empty hours?
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