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For Those of Us of a Certain Age …
The Norse Goddess, Freya, has a Message for Us
Any Queer Eye fans out there? I love the Netflix show, and their new season started this week. I’ll miss Bobby, but the new guy who took his place, Jeremiah, is great. If you’re not familiar with the show, the Fab 5, all gay men specializing in a particular aspect of life and feeling good about yourself, visit someone who has been nominated by a person who cares about them, and they take a week to update their wardrobe, their personal grooming, their mental health outlook, their home, and their diet to give them a boost and restart them on a newer, hopefully better, path.
It’s such a feel-good show, and I cry as I watch pretty much every single episode. This season takes place in Las Vegas, and I’ve watched three or four shows so far, and there seems to be a common theme this season of supporting and helping people who are what some would describe as past their prime, over the hill, on a downhill slide … you get the general idea. I’ll turn 62 next month, and my age hasn’t bothered me all that much, although there have been times when I’ve wondered if, well, I’m past my prime. Sometimes I’m just tired, and other times, I wonder how much of a positive impact I can really make at my age.
