November 2nd, 2007 01:48am
Demian~DreamSinger
[From my blog, Keeping the Dream]
“No Apologies”
Copyright 2007 DreamSinger
No apologies, sensuality belongs to me
All the lies are fading, truth and power waiting
Here for me…
No apologies, all the roads I’ve traveled for so long
Make me realize I’m strong and proud of who I’ve
Come to be…
No apologies, time is really not the enemy
Gifts abound that only those who live the years
Can truly see…
No apologies for the love I feel inside of me
Hold the writer’s pen and play with grandchildren
I’m so happy!
….Seasons come and go
and I am growing old
Now, hear me sing…
No apologies, oh no apologies…no, no, apologies
Oh, no apologies, sensuality belongs to me
Life is full and rich and twilight promises
There’s more to see…
And more to be…
And more to know…
And more to grow…
[ For those of you who would like this song, I’m offering it as a free download at www.soundclick.com/dreamsinger for a limited period of time as my celebrating gift to you.]
October 29th, 2007 09:15am
Demian~DreamSinger
[This is from my main blog: Keeping the Dream]
On my birthday week, I want to talk about death. Somehow it seems fitting. Not because I’m depressed, but because I am encouraged and feel stronger within myself than in my youth.
My growing fine lines, the appearance of more white hair and whiter white hair, the change of the texture of my skin and the slowing of my metabolism do not trigger a panicked desire to run in the opposite direction. That happened over a decade ago for a couple of years. I’ve moved to a place where I feel the desire to stand with my feet planted firm in the ground and look at what awaits me straight in the eye.
Ronni Bennett, one of my all time favorite bloggers, made an awesome post not too long ago entitled “On the Advent of Our Death“. My approaching birthday at the beginning of the 2nd “half a century” of my life makes me contemplate this reality, that seems to move closer to me with each passing year.
She writes,
Ageism. However wrong it is, however much individual pain and debilitating consequences result from it and how many people are harmed is, to a degree, about fear of death.
She includes a number of quotes about death down through the ages from the book, “Light on Aging and Dying” by Helen Nearing.
I was not only thrilled to find out about this book, but the author’s life was simply inspirational. She was a fascinating woman who left an incredible legacy along with her husband, Scott. Perhaps, when you live a life as rich as this, you are less afraid…perhaps not. I don’t know.
I do know we do associate death with aging, but really, death doesn’t discriminate like people. It has no preference for old age, like we have no respect for it. Far too many children become well acquainted with Death, embraced in it’s arms through the courtesy of starvation and indifference.
And Death is a gracious guest. Whenever invited by human cruelty, Death will enter and take a life, take a dream, take someone’s last hope. There’s the death of esteem or self worth. There’s the death a child experiences when abuse descends upon her innocence just as sure as any Grim Reaper.
But Death isn’t a solitary, for wherever Death goes, Life goes too. Like the inhale to the exhale, Life emerges from Death like the Phoenix from the Ashes or the Pegasus from the Medusa. Just because the living can’t follow the dead, doesn’t mean there’s no place to go, and just because the spirit lays crushed under snow, doesn’t mean the ice won’t crack in the spring.
I like the Zen philosophy about death, as a continuum and as a teacher. Being mindful of it is a great humbler of pride and the foolishness that follows.
How many bad choices have I made in my life because I thought I had all the time in the world? Perhaps wisdom is the beginning of realizing we don’t. But for now, I will not fear the closer proximity to Death as I grow in years, because measuring time is an illusion, anyway. This could be my last post or one of thousands more. I don’t know. And neither do you.
What I do know is that for whatever reason, I don’t feel alone, and I don’t mind if among the angels, Death is one of them.
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October 29th, 2007 09:14am
Demian~DreamSinger
…which will be next Friday, November 2nd, I’m going to be writing my thoughts about growing older all this week. Some will be older posts, that I once had here, then moved to another blog, and now am consolidating back here. Others will be brand new.
In this week of contemplation and celebration, I will, also, be posting photos between here and my more personal blog concerning my childhood at Miyasan’s Daughter, as well as add some thoughts about my mother, her mother and the paths they traveled…and built for the one that followed.
I will also be posting a song I wrote just recently, called “No Apologies”, to celebrate and express how I feel at this stage of my life. I have the song in hand. It’s recorded, mixed and converted into an audio file. But I will wait and present it to myself as a gift and share this song and my joy with you on November 2nd. It’s that special to me.
I wrote this song not only for myself, and all older women everywhere, but for my daughters, and every woman’s daughter. The models are not the skinny ones who slink down the cat walk. We are the models, and we are the promise of what our daughters can be.
I want to do my best to make it a good promise.
You know, I just may celebrate all month.
[This was first published at Keeping the Dream on October 27]
October 29th, 2007 09:05am
Demian~DreamSinger
Okay, I decided for now I will use this blog as an archive blog for all my posts I write on my main blog, “Keeping the Dream“, on issues of aging and being an older woman. This is for people who are mainly interested in this one topic, and even though I do have categories on my main blog, it just might be easier to find everything in one place.
So for now, anytime I post an article on this topic there, I’ll, also archive it here.
If you want more articles on the healing journey and other issues that may dovetail the aging issues, then please, join me at www.keepingthedream.com/blog.
It’s where I spend most of my time, but I will receive a notice if you leave a comment and I’ll be sure to stop by and acknowledge you.
Blessings!
October 19th, 2007 07:34am
Demian~DreamSinger
I opened this blog, because I thought it might be best that each topic have its own blog. But there’s something just too disjointed about that, and I feel uncomfortable with spreading myself over several websites.
So I’m moving these articles back to my home blog, which is Keeping the Dream. What unifies all my articles is the underlying theme of healing. It’s this journey that we walk with hope and faith, with commitment and passion that ties all my writings together, regardless the topic. So I’m going to just be true to that, regardless what I read about the advantages of topic specific blogs.
I’ll be taking this blog down by this weekend and redirect all traffic to http://www.keepingthedream.com/blog. Hope to see you there!
Demian,
~DreamSinger
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