This is how I feel these days. Shedding an old skin with fresh and new possibilities ahead. I’m not quite sure what those possibilities are yet, but I feel the shedding process and it feels good.
As my grandmother said, “Sixty to seventy was the best time of my life.”
I can see how that can surely be true.
This little gal flew away right after I took her picture. She had new places to discover, I suspect.
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I am a native Texan who has lived for the past 30 years in Southern California. I am a published author of both short memoir and fiction, a two-time Pushcart nominee, a nationally award-winning writing coach, an editor, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. In addition, I am the mother of three grown daughters of whom I am extremely proud, a grandmother of four darling children and the wife of a man I still love after 44 years.
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20 Minutes a Day 
The promise of new beginnings is always a turn-on. It’s like you said, shedding an old skin and looking forward to something new is energizing.