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My Thoughts on Turning 50

Jill Alexander

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My Thoughts on Turning 50

Tomorrow, I turn the big 5-0. I am more excited to celebrate this birthday than probably any other. At 50, I have experienced the most incredible things. I’ve felt love so deep that I couldn’t breathe, and pain so excrutiating that I wanted to die. I’ve brought life into this world, and I’ve held the hand of someone slipping away. I’ve danced with my husband in the kitchen while making tacos and drinking boxed wine, and I’ve dined at the French Laundry with good friends. I’ve designed costumes for God knows how many children’s plays, and sat in the living...


Paying it Forward

Jill Alexander

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Paying it Forward
It is an overwhelming thing to be told you've changed someone's life.  It is even more overwhelming to have someone explain to you in tears how you've inspired them to pay that feeling forward

My instinct was to ignore him, but, my heart knew differently.

Jill Alexander

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My instinct was to ignore him, but, my heart knew differently.
It would have been much easier to dismiss him as a nosey busy body, but, my life changed because I didn’t.

Nothing Went According to Plan. Gratefully.

Jill Alexander

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Nothing Went According to Plan.  Gratefully.

When you are young, you are taught to have a plan for your life. Everyone is constantly asking you what you want to be when you grow up. When I was young, I don’t ever remember answering fashion designer. It wasn’t like this big dream I had.  I mean, I’ve always loved fashion but I never thought of making it a career when I was younger. I loved picking out my outfits for school, school shopping, and getting dressed up for events. My first jobs were in fashion because that’s what I knew. When I was in college I worked...


A Life Saving Education

Jill Alexander

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A Life Saving Education
My husband, who had just turned 53, decided to go in for a routine check up.  When they drew his blood, they discovered his cholesterol was elevated.   His doctor prescribed a routine statin drug for him to begin taking.  Like most people, my husband questioned nothing and began the new regimen.