"Do you know what this particular kind of estrogen is for?” I asked...“Well, yes, for women to use as a lubricant when they want to, you know…” (she gives me a blank look)......
"Your hair! Your hair is beauty!" she exclaimed with her not-so-perfect English, indicating with her eyes the three inches of silver hair growing from my roots....
“When someone you love, tells you something about yourself, whether out of anger or frustration or even criticism, they are probably at least a little bit right.”...
After six years of the best job I ever had, I was exhausted and overwhelmed, and no amount of money could take away the feeling that I was trying to empty out the Pacific Ocean with a spoon....
Carmelene Melanie Siani is a 74 year old woman who began writing for publication on her 73rd birthday in 2015. She writes stories and vignettes about life and how life itself gives us the lessons, hopes and directions we need to put our feet on higher ground. You can find her writing at http://www.elephantjournal.com/?s=Carmelene+Siani, https://kindnessblog.com/, https://betterafter50.com/, http://thetattooedbuddha.com/and on her writer’s FB page at https://www.facebook.com/StoryBelly/?ref=hl
