Sunday Coffee with Lady Flava ☕🌻

Come on in…

and sit with me for a minute.

I’ve got a fresh cup of Cowboy Coffee,

it’s nice and cozy up here in my tower,

and I’ve got a little old school R&B, Blues, and Jazz playing softly in the background.

Now… I hope you like cats.

Because my two grandcats—Mustang (Musty) and Lamborghini (Ghini)—have full reign up here.

Musty likes to stay close to me…

and Ghini?

He’s posted up guarding the stairs like security. 😄

Being 65…

Now that is an experience.

And I’m going to tell you the truth—

it kind of sneaks up on you.

I went gray young, so that wasn’t the thing.

But when the arthritis really set in…

that told the story.

And then one day… I looked at my hands.

The wrinkles.

The change.

That’s when it really hits you.

When I lived in Vegas…

I didn’t have pain.

That desert heat?

It’s real… it helps.

For six years, my body felt good.

I spent time in the pool, I moved easier…

my body was happy.

But my heart and spirit?

They weren’t.

So I came back home.

And I knew…

I knew the arthritis would come back.

But I didn’t know it would hit like this.

And it did.

But here’s the blessing in it…

I’m learning to adjust.

I’m moving toward working from home more.

I’m learning what my body needs now.

And now?

I feel it.

I feel that I’ve stepped into being…

An elder.

A senior.

An “old person.”

And you know what?

I’m not fighting it.

I embrace it.

Because with this age…

comes wisdom.

I’ve lived.

I’ve won.

I’ve lost.

And I’ve had seasons where I just… existed in the middle.

I’ve watched the world change—

technology, life, everything.

And let me tell you… some of this new stuff?

I’m still trying to figure it out 😂

Sometimes I sit and wonder…

What will the younger generation witness in their lifetime?

Because we’ve seen a lot.

And I still believe…

Even with everything we went through…

we were raised in a time that had a different kind of grounding.

But let me say this part clearly…

I like who I am now.

I’m not trying to be anything other than my authentic self.

I truly like… and love… myself.

And that right there?

That’s taken time.

So let me ask you…

Where are my 65+ friends?

Did it sneak up on you too?

Or did you ease into it?

What would you tell your younger self?

For me?

I would tell my younger self to pay attention.

Arthritis runs on both sides of my family…

I would’ve taken that more seriously.

And more than anything…

I would’ve learned earlier that:

I control my mind.

What I think.

How I respond.

That understanding?

That changes everything.

I’m stepping into a new chapter…

And I have a feeling…

you might be too.

So come sit with me.

Let’s have coffee.

Let’s talk about it.

☕🌻

Lady Flava