On the Road to 60

Hey there! I’m Jemma – so nice to meet you.

A little about me. I’m a mom of two young adult boys (men), living in San Diego.

My On the Road to 60: The Many Journeys We Take is sort of a continuation of my 50 Weeks to 50 blog (more about that below). I wanted to do something similar as I’m now reaching 60. I was trying to think of a number of blog ideas – Sweets to 60; Serenity at 60, Sexy at 60, and so forth. But as I was taking on eof my early morning walks, it dawned on me to talk about the many paths we take in our lives. So that’s what this current blog is about – the many roads we take in our lives. It will take many different forms, some I’ve taken before and some new ones. Some physical roads, and some reflective roads. I do know, it will be a journey.

About my first blog series, ten years ago. I first started my 50 Weeks to 50 blog in the year before I turned 50. Prior to hitting the half century mark, I was thinking about ways to celebrate what I considered the start of the best years of my life. I decided to start my 50 Weeks to 50 blog, where I took the whole year and experience life the way it should be – trying out new adventures. I did everything from skydiving to ballooning, from running naked on the beach to getting a tarot card reading, from staying at a homeless shelter to attending the RISE Festival.

It wasn’t a bucket list, because I don’t plan on kicking the bucket any time soon. But rather getting some activities done prior to getting too physically old to do some of these things. Plus, even as I’m putting my to-do’s together for future activities, I keep adding more and more items, so I know that I will never completely finish checking off my list. I have been fortunate in that I have done some extraordinary things and visited exotic places prior to writing my 50 Weeks to 50 blog. So if you’re wondering why riding elephants in Thailand, white water river rafting in California, swimming with dolphins in the Bahamas, or cave hiking in the Philippines are not on my list, well, ehh – been there, done that!

During my year of 50 Weeks to 50, I met my partner Richard, who is six weeks younger than I am – yes, I’m a cougar. Together, we’ve had even more adventures together: visiting his home of Liverpool and going to the clubs where the Beatles started; traveling to postcard perfect islands of Greece – Santorini, Milos, Paros – while having our Amazing Race moments when you get a bad taxi driver that gets you to your ferry late, as we see it starting to close the gates and slowly churn away while we try to wave and yell for them to stop; four-wheeling it through the rainforest roads of Costa Rica and running with a thousand orphaned dogs; petting the stingrays in the Cayman Islands only to return home to a locked down COVID world; our tiny travels with our teardrop trailer; and many more travels. Of course, the biggest adventure is living together and creating a life as a couple.

We’ll take many of the roads together as we’re now both turning 60, and I’m looking forward to experiencing this journey together and by ourselves. Each person’s journey is unique, and that’s what make life and people interesting. I can’t wait.

Enjoy and Peace.

Jemma

P.S. While I’m traveling on my road to 60, go look at my 50 Weeks to 50 Table of Contents page and check out those posts.