"MY STORY"
Once Upon A Time, in my 20's, I was a Professional Ballroom Dancer and danced with the Beaumont Civic Ballet. That was 1979 to 1988.
Today, I am 50 years old and I can kick and I can stretch cause I'm 50! The big FIVE-O! I even have my AARP card to prove it. Let us now travel into the past decades of my life and come full circle of why we are here.
My 20's were the invincible years. Work all day and party until sunrise then start all over again. Disco, Angel Flights, Silk Shirts with three buttons open and all the chains your back could carry (my homage to John Travolta). Although I knew I was meant to dance earlier in life, Saturday Night Fever was the catalyst to my dancing career. I will save that story for a blog or something later, but I was in such perfect dancer shape, thanks to my rigorous training and eating disorder (sifab=save it for another blog) dancing and the thrill of the discotheques, what else mattered? I got married to a beautiful woman in St Thomas at sunset on the patio of Blackbeard's Castle (sifab).
My 30's, I got divorced at 29. Wife goes to open on Broadway in Miss Saigon, New York, I have back injury, no longer able to dance professionally. Welcome to the world of the private industry. Welcome addiction to pain medicine, welcome rehab, welcome new relationship (This time with a beautiful man), welcome many things. You got it! (sifab) So many stories to share and I didn't even start with the childhood stories! I have to save some material to keep the dialogue going, keep you engaged, encouraging you to offer advice, remedies, humor, objectivity, support, wisdom and love.
Lordy, Lordy Look Who's 40? Relationship great, home great, job secure, health is fairly stable but I begin to have some issues in my health which I will share in upcoming blogs and in other categories respective to their topics. Community Theatre comes into my life to allow artistic purging and growth in the Arts. The subject of caregiving begins to come into play and the winds of change cause a complete 180 in my professional and personal life, (sifab). No tears you will piece the puzzle of my life's journey. The good, the bad and the ugly, but all with lessons I have learned and must share. Navigate thru the site to see if you can relate, engage and share your views and experiences.
Present Day (April 2012), I am 50 years old, A Bi-Centurion, Wow! I have never done anything so long in my life! My relationship is now into 18 years, my home is my sanctuary. I am retired on disability and my world as I knew it has changed. My health is complicated, my body is injured from all the years of abuse both physically from dance injuries. Internally I am a mess from way too much partying, eating disorder and poor eating habits. Yet, I have never been happier and more secure in my skin and in my life.
Now, the whole purpose of "The Rest of Our Life," is because in order to enjoy the next, hopefully 15-20 years of my life, I must make choices that will affect "The Rest of Our Life." Live fast die young obviously didn't work. So now my first decision that will affect "The Rest of Our Life," "Our" meaning all the people that are in my life, pass through my life, or has left my life. Whatever decision I make will have a direct effect on all those people. That choice is "Live Smart, Die Old!"
I realized it is not too late to make lifestyle decision and changes that would have positive affects on my Body, Mind and Spirit for "The Rest of Our Life!" This is my way to figure it all out by talking to you, breaking it down and waiting for the response from you, your friends, my friends and friends that tell friends. I think you get my point. Collectively we can help each other figure out how to have the best life for "The Rest of Our Life!"
AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
I'M GONNA LIVE UNTIL I DIE!
Today, I am 50 years old and I can kick and I can stretch cause I'm 50! The big FIVE-O! I even have my AARP card to prove it. Let us now travel into the past decades of my life and come full circle of why we are here.
My 20's were the invincible years. Work all day and party until sunrise then start all over again. Disco, Angel Flights, Silk Shirts with three buttons open and all the chains your back could carry (my homage to John Travolta). Although I knew I was meant to dance earlier in life, Saturday Night Fever was the catalyst to my dancing career. I will save that story for a blog or something later, but I was in such perfect dancer shape, thanks to my rigorous training and eating disorder (sifab=save it for another blog) dancing and the thrill of the discotheques, what else mattered? I got married to a beautiful woman in St Thomas at sunset on the patio of Blackbeard's Castle (sifab).
My 30's, I got divorced at 29. Wife goes to open on Broadway in Miss Saigon, New York, I have back injury, no longer able to dance professionally. Welcome to the world of the private industry. Welcome addiction to pain medicine, welcome rehab, welcome new relationship (This time with a beautiful man), welcome many things. You got it! (sifab) So many stories to share and I didn't even start with the childhood stories! I have to save some material to keep the dialogue going, keep you engaged, encouraging you to offer advice, remedies, humor, objectivity, support, wisdom and love.
Lordy, Lordy Look Who's 40? Relationship great, home great, job secure, health is fairly stable but I begin to have some issues in my health which I will share in upcoming blogs and in other categories respective to their topics. Community Theatre comes into my life to allow artistic purging and growth in the Arts. The subject of caregiving begins to come into play and the winds of change cause a complete 180 in my professional and personal life, (sifab). No tears you will piece the puzzle of my life's journey. The good, the bad and the ugly, but all with lessons I have learned and must share. Navigate thru the site to see if you can relate, engage and share your views and experiences.
Present Day (April 2012), I am 50 years old, A Bi-Centurion, Wow! I have never done anything so long in my life! My relationship is now into 18 years, my home is my sanctuary. I am retired on disability and my world as I knew it has changed. My health is complicated, my body is injured from all the years of abuse both physically from dance injuries. Internally I am a mess from way too much partying, eating disorder and poor eating habits. Yet, I have never been happier and more secure in my skin and in my life.
Now, the whole purpose of "The Rest of Our Life," is because in order to enjoy the next, hopefully 15-20 years of my life, I must make choices that will affect "The Rest of Our Life." Live fast die young obviously didn't work. So now my first decision that will affect "The Rest of Our Life," "Our" meaning all the people that are in my life, pass through my life, or has left my life. Whatever decision I make will have a direct effect on all those people. That choice is "Live Smart, Die Old!"
I realized it is not too late to make lifestyle decision and changes that would have positive affects on my Body, Mind and Spirit for "The Rest of Our Life!" This is my way to figure it all out by talking to you, breaking it down and waiting for the response from you, your friends, my friends and friends that tell friends. I think you get my point. Collectively we can help each other figure out how to have the best life for "The Rest of Our Life!"
AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
I'M GONNA LIVE UNTIL I DIE!