by Sasha Stone | Mar 31, 2014 | AGING, TO LOVE
While I was pumping away on the treadmill the other day it occurred to me that I treat my body, or have treated it for the past 49 years, like each part was imprisoned for having committing various crimes throughout my life. Why did I do this to myself for so long? I...
by Sasha Stone | Mar 13, 2014 | AGING, TO BLOG, TO MUSE
I have spent too much of my time online. There was a time when I wanted to be nowhere else. The comfort of being able to control what people see was just too alluring. I was able to protect myself from pain to a certain degree but you know, it can’t really...
by Sasha Stone | Jan 24, 2014 | AGING, TO MUSE
A friend recently sent me old photos of myself. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had not yet had a baby and was spending most of my time online. It was the early 90s — there was barely a “world wide web.” I remember thinking that I looked good...
by Sasha Stone | Aug 13, 2013 | AGING, Blog 'em and Weep, KIDOME, TO MUSE
I remember when I first became a mother. I remember because I couldn’t let go of my baby. Literally. I held onto her for a full two weeks, I think, after a long and painful labor. I remember being challenged by the (now seeming simple) act of breastfeeding. I...
by Sasha Stone | May 2, 2013 | AGING, The Naked Ape, TO MUSE
Recently, I found myself pregnant at a pretty old age – 47 years old. It came as a complete surprise, and because of the situation I was in, it wasn’t a very easy time. I noticed immediately that my body was reacting to it completely differently than it...
by Sasha Stone | Feb 19, 2012 | AGING, TO BLOG, TO MUSE
Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow...