AGE: 61

PROFESSION: Communications

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What is the best thing about being your age?

I am exactly where I need to be. The total of my life experiences so far have brought me here and made me who I am today.

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What's your favorite thing you have checked off your bucket list?

For years I had one item on my bucket list: see the aurora borealis. I finally did last year in the Pacific Northwest, from my own back yard, and it was the beginning of a year of transformative change for me.

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What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Happiness is a choice, something I only learned recently. When I start and end each day with gratitude, the smallest things bring me great joy.

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What is your most treasured possession?

My family photos, the treasure chest of all my memories.

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What do you consider your greatest achievement?

My kids are amazing. I did my best to raise them, and I’m so proud to see the adults they’ve grown to be.

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​What advice would you give your younger self?

Make time to rest or you will need to make time to be sick. If you go 100 miles an hour all the time, you will burn out. Take time to rest throughout the day.

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What is your motto or favorite quote?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

— Mary Oliver

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Words of wisdom to younger women

Trust your instincts and be true to your authentic self.

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