Author: Virginia Fox

  “What was I thinking?” I ask myself.  My husband, Cal, and I are boarding Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas for a week cruise with our grandkids Nick, 14 years old and Nora, 16.  Our grandkids are brilliant, beautiful inside and out, respectful with positive attitudes.  But, I don’t have kids, I’m clueless, and […]

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This time I’ll be on time. I’ll wear clothes that make a good impression and are easy to get on and off. We’ve relocated to St. Petersburg Fl, found a pink house and settled in. Now the hard part, finding a hair stylist, nail tech, and female doctors who will take my Medicare plan. “I’m […]

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“You can’t go out looking like that,” I still hear my mother saying when I was living at home abiding by her “rules.” Fifty years ago, teens wearing purple satin hot pants was a big deal. At 70 something, when I hear, “Only you can wear that,” I take it as a compliment. Freed by […]

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  It’s one thing to tell your friends you’re moving. it’s another to shock them where. “You’re moving where?” “To Florida’s Gulf Coast.” Mouths open in disbelief! Florida is the #1 state ridiculed and trashed with stereotypes. “Want some culture in Florida?  Eat yogurt.”  “Florida’s weird. Everyone’s waiting to die.” “Hurricanes!” “Alligators!” I’ve moved 14 […]

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