Tag: Aging

• Life|65|Seattle SuperSonics 🏀

  🌻 Seattle’s Sonics: A Piece of Home Still Missing When I was a child and into my early 20s, Seattle had a basketball team — the Seattle SuperSonics. Watching the games with my family was part of life, part of home. Coming up, it felt like the Sonics were always around, always active in the…

  Lady Flava News

  September 21, 2025

  65 and Counting, Blogging, Flava Blogs, Flava is A Taste, A Style, A Feeling…What’s Your Flava, Flava Review, Flava’s thoughts…, Lady Flava, Lady Flava Blogger, Lady Flava News, Lady Flava Speaks Her Truth, Lady Flava Storyteller, Lady Flava Wellness, Lady Flava’s Blog, Memories, My Childhood, My Memories, When I Was Young

  #SimplyFlava #SeasonedSoulsReflections #SeattleSonics #BringBackTheSonics #SeattleSports #SonicsForever #SeattleLife #HomeInSeattle #NBAHistory #SonicsReturn, Aging, basketball, Lady Flava, Lady Flava News, My Life, nba, Seattle, Sharing My Thoughts

• Life|65|🌻 Who Is Grooming Our Young Today?

  🌻 Who Is Grooming Our Young Today? When I look back on my life, I know without question that my elders helped to groom me into the woman I am today. They taught me morals, values, work ethic, and how to carry myself. And in turn, I raised my children with those same principles. But…

  Lady Flava News

  September 8, 2025

  Flava’s thoughts…

  #LadyFlavaNews #SimplyFlava #RespectElders #WhoIsGroomingOurYoung #GenerationalWisdom #FamilyValues #SeasonedSouls #FlavaReflections #YouthAndWisdom #StorytellingWithFlava, Aging, Elders, Lady Flava, Young People

• Life|65|Just Being

  The Beauty of Just Being This morning, I woke up without an alarm and without an agenda. I poured my coffee, sat for a moment, and realized—I don’t have to plan this day. I don’t want to plan this day. So much of life is tied to structure. Our jobs, our schedules, our families, our…

  Lady Flava News

  August 30, 2025

  65 and Counting, Blessed, coffee, Flava is A Taste, A Style, A Feeling…What’s Your Flava, Flava’s thoughts…, Health and Wellness, Honor Yourself, Honoring Myself, Just Be, No Stress, Peace, Peace of Mind, Peaceful, Pressure Free, Proud of Myself, Simply Flava, Susan K aka Lady Flava, The Weekend, Unapologetically Flava, Wabi-Sabi

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• H&W| 🌻 Prepare with Care: The Emergency Go-Bag + A Preview of the Lady Flava Wellness Journal 🌻

  🧳 Be Ready, Stay Ready: Creating a Wellness Go-Bag for Emergencies by Susan Koshi / Lady Flava Wellness I was driving home recently, listening to NPR News, when I heard a story that stopped me in my tracks. A pharmacist shared how he created a To-Go Emergency Bag for his father—placing it near the door, ready…

  Lady Flava News

  July 23, 2025

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• 60+|🌿 What Does an Elder Advocate Do?

  🌿 What Does an Elder Advocate Do? By Susan “Lady Flava” Koshi As our loved ones age, the systems around them become harder to navigate—from healthcare to housing to basic daily needs. That’s where elder advocates step in. But what do we actually do? An elder advocate is more than a helper. We are protectors,…

  Lady Flava News

  July 20, 2025

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• Blog Challenge|60+|My Dream Retirement

  How do you want to retire? 🌻 How Do You Want to Retire? A Blog Challenge Reflection by Simply Flava Now that I’m turning 65 in just a few days, retirement has been on my mind more than ever. I find myself dreaming of what retirement could look like — not just realistically, but ideally.…

  Lady Flava News

  July 5, 2025

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• 60+|A New Chapter

  A New Chapter at 65 As I approach my 65th birthday, I’m choosing to see this moment not as the end of something—but as the beginning of something new. A new chapter. A softer, wiser season where I finally give myself permission to show up fully for me. This weekend, I’m carving out time to…

  Lady Flava News

  July 5, 2025

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• 60+|Stepping Into Purpose: A New Chapter at 65

  Embracing the Next Chapter at 65: From Stress to Purpose As I approach my 65th birthday, I find myself standing at a turning point—a moment of reflection, release, and renewal. Recently, I’ve felt a shift in the spaces I once found comfort and connection in. What used to bring me joy has grown heavier, and…

  Lady Flava News

  July 4, 2025

  60+, Aging, Flava’s thoughts…, New Focus, Next Chapter, Peace, Peace of Mind, Peaceful, Seasoned Soul, Senior Advocate, Senior Citizens, Service Provider, Sharing My Thoughts, Showing Up For Yourself, Support, Susan K aka Lady Flava, Thinking Out Loud

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• 60+|Reflection|Honoring Myself

  A Conversation That Needed to Happen Today, I had a conversation that I didn’t know how much I needed. It wasn’t easy. My heart was heavy, and the words came from a place of both sadness and longing — for clarity, for peace, for something to feel familiar again. Over time, things have shifted in…

  Lady Flava News

  July 3, 2025

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• 60+|What’s Familiar has Shifted|I Need to Be Patient

  When Familiar Spaces Feel ForeignBy Lady Flava There’s something unsettling about walking into a place that used to feel comfortable—familiar—and realizing it no longer feels the same. Sometimes it’s a shift in energy, a change in roles, or just a quiet sense that things aren’t what they once were. Lately, I’ve been feeling a little…

  Lady Flava News

  July 2, 2025

  Flava’s thoughts…, My Life

  60+, A Shift, Aging, Lady Flava, Life, Mindfulness, My Life, Patience, Reflection, Sharing My Thoughts, Unfamiliar