Title : Transitional Outfits -- 'cause Spring!!
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Transitional Outfits -- 'cause Spring!!
Two points I'd like to add to that conversation, but first let me share two recent outfits which indicate the switch to Spring. Above, just two weeks ago, I was wearing my wool bouclé jacket (Eileen Fisher) with cashmere scarf for extra warmth. Red leather gloves and the off-white wool sweater you see peeking below the jacket hem. My fairly new pleated skirt, tights, slip-on metallic Oxfords. . . Not full-on winter gear, but still quite cozy.
And then last week, the temperature climbed into the mid-teens (Celsius), one day hitting 17 in the afternoon. In fact, I started my walk that morning wearing this Eileen Fisher navy merino sweater over a light dress (viscose) I bought in Paris last year.
I wrapped the scarf (see? I wear it SO often!) around my neck before I headed out, but it was wrapped up and tucked into my backpack before I made it to my destination three kilometres away.
For now, though, those two points I wanted to add to Friday's conversation about our bravery and our fears. First of all, let me admit that while I can be stoic (and stubborn!) when I'm trying to keep up with Pater, I will also whinge at him about my fears and anxieties, telling him that what he's asking isn't reasonable or that it's too hard or that he's not being careful enough or that. . . . Well, you get the idea. The sad truth, though, is that if I were trying the same activity with a (more competent, more confident, possibly even Badass) friend, I'd be much more likely to "suck it up." I'd probably express some concern, tell that friend I wasn't sure I could climb that slope or paddle into that chop, but I'm more likely to hush my Inner Pyramid Girl. With Pater, I give her permission to howl. Anyone else relate? Do you have some companions you're willing to expose your fears to more than others? Or some you feel safe enough to resent for encouraging you to face those fears?
And then the second point is one that Wilma raised in her comment to Friday's post: Are some of us beginning to experience protectiveness by our adult children around our riskier endeavours? Those daughters in the movie Book Club, for example. I didn't find them credible at all, but perhaps that's because I can't bear to think of my kids trying to dictate what I can or should do, based on my age. But is that reality just around the corner for some of us? Or already here? Have some of you noticed protectiveness like this, and can you imagine it (or have you experienced it) turning to disapproval of some of your activities? Or even an attempt to restrict those activities? (From another perspective, I think of my friend's mother, in her late 80s, swimming in the surf on an extended-family vacation in Hawaii -- there's clearly a risk. My own mother in her early 80s, walking 10 or 15 kilometres daily, cognitive impairment generally not affecting her mental maps of the city, but occasionally . . . And somewhere there's a photograph of her, probably a bit older than I am now, showing the grandkids how to rock a pair of stilts!)
I'm keen to hear your thoughts. But if it's deliciously Spring-like where you live (or perhaps you're moving into crisp Fall days in the Southern hemisphere), I'll understand (and approve, even if I miss you) if you're outside basking and inhaling and maybe hiking or kayaking or out in your gardens. . . Enjoy! And wave from the garden, if you've a minute ;-)
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