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othellho · 2 months

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Bernadette Noll

#I love the sea and all that is sealike #Bernadette noll #words #for keeps

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joshuahowls · 1 year

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I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken.

Bernadette Noll

#Bernadette Noll #poetry

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2treez · 5 months

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I want to age like sea glass.

Smoothed by tides,

but not broken.

I want my hard edges to soften.

I want to ride the waves

and go with the flow.

I want to catch a wave

and let it carry me

to where I belong.

I want to be picked up

and held gently by

those who delight in my

well earned patina

and appreciate the changes

I went through to achieve that beauty.

I want to enjoy the journey

and always remember that

if you give the ocean

something breakable,

it will turn it into

something beautiful…

I want to age like sea glass.

~*~ Bernadette Noll ~*~

🌳❤️🌳

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msexplorer · 2 years

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I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken. I want the currents of life to toss me around, shake me up and leave me feeling washed clean. I want my hard edges to soften as the years pass , made not weak but supple. I want to ride the waves, go with the flow, feel the impact of the surging tides rolling in and out. When I am thrown against the shore and caught between the rocks and a hard place, I want to rest there until I can find the strength to do what is next. Not stuck . just waiting, pondering, feeling what it feels like to pause. And when I am ready, I will catch a wave and let it carry me along to the next place that I am supposed to be. I want to be picked up on occasion by an unsuspected soul and carried along , just for the connection, just for the sake of appreciation and wonder. And with each encounter, new possibilities of collaboration are presented, and new ideas are born. I want to age like sea glass so that when people see the old woman I’ll become, they’ll embrace all that I am. They’ll marvel at my exquisite nature, hold me gently in their hands and be awed by my well-earned patina. Neither flashy nor dull, just a perfect lustre. And they’ll wonder, if just for a second, what it is exactly I am made of and how I got to this very here and now. And we’ll both feel lucky to be in that perfectly right place at that profoundly right time. I want to age like sea glass. I want to enjoy the journey and let my preciousness be, not in spite of the impacts of life, but because of them .. ~ Bernadette Noll ~ Artist Credit : Alexandra Djokic

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justagibbsgirl · 2 years

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I want to age like sea glass

I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken. I want the currents of life to toss me around, shake me up and leave me feeling washed clean. I want my hard edges to soften as the years pass—made not weak but supple. I want to ride the waves, go with the flow, feel the impact of the surging tides rolling in and out.

I want to be picked up on occasion by an unsuspected soul and carried along—just for the connection, just for the sake of appreciation and wonder. And with each encounter, new possibilities of collaboration are presented, and new ideas are born.

I want to age like sea glass so that when people see the old woman I’ll become, they’ll embrace all that I am. They’ll marvel at my exquisite nature, hold me gently in their hands and be awed by my well-earned patina. Neither flashy nor dull, just a perfect luster. And they’ll wonder, if just for a second, what it is exactly I am made of and how I got to this very here and now. And we’ll both feel lucky to be in that perfectly right place at that profoundly right time.

I want to age like sea glass. I want to enjoy the journey and let my preciousness be, not in spite of the impacts of life, but because of them.

~Bernadette Noll

#sea glass #cape cod #poseidons treasures

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peterschibli · 1 year

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Ganz harmlos

#buchbesprechung #krimi Ingrid Noll: Tea Time. 2022. 300 Seiten. #Diogenes Verlag Beitrag von Bernadette Reichlin #seniorweb https://seniorweb.ch/2022/12/05/ganz-harmlos-und-schoen-toedlich/

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muffywilson · 2 years

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I love this. Poem by Bernadette Noll, written in memory of her sister. https://tobyneal.net/ https://www.instagram.com/p/ChVCC_2LfF9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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cur-vy · 4 years

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I want to age like sea glass.

Smoothed by tides,

but not broken.

I want my hard edges to soften.

I want to ride the waves

and go with the flow.

I want to catch a wave

and let it carry me

to where I belong.

I want to be picked up

and held gently by

those who delight in my

well earned patina and

appreciate the changes I went

through to achieve that beauty.

I want to enjoy the journey

and always remember that if

you give the ocean something

breakable it will turn it into

something beautiful.

I want to age like sea glass.

~ Bernadette Noll

#poems i love

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madamlaydebug · 4 years

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I want to age like sea glass.

Smoothed by tides,

but not broken.

I want my hard edges to soften.

I want to ride the waves

and go with the flow.

I want to catch a wave

and let it carry me

to where I belong.

I want to be picked up

and held gently by

those who delight in my

well earned patina and

appreciate the changes I went

through to achieve that beauty.

I want to enjoy the journey

and always remember that if

you give the ocean something

breakable it will turn it into

something beautiful.

I want to age like sea glass.

~ Bernadette Noll ~

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stuckontheisland · 5 years

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Bootleg Masterpost

Hi party people! I’m a new trader and have a small collection of stuffs that I want you all to know about in case you’re interested in anything or would like to trade! Feel free to msg me! <3 <3

Anastasia | Sep 17, 2017

Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dimitry), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), John Bolton (Vlad), Caroline O’Connor (Countess Lily), Mray Beth Peil(Empress Maria),

Bonnie and Clyde| Sep 28, 2013

Laura Osnes (Bonnie Parker), Jeremy Jordan(Clyde Barrow), Melissa Van Der Schyff (Blanche Barrow), Claybourne Elder (Buck Barrow), Louis Hobson (Ted Hilton)

Bridges of Madison County| March 9, 2014

Kelli O’Hara (Francesca), Steven Pasquale (Robert), Whitney Bashor (Marian/Chiara), Hunter Foster (Bud), Caitlin Kinnunen(Carolyn), Derek Klena (Michael), Michael X Martin(Charlie), Cass Morgan(Marge)

Carousel | April 26, 2013 | Lincoln Centre Production

Kelli O’Hara(Julie Jordan), Nathan Gunn (Billy Bigelow) Stephanie Blythe (Nettie Fowler), John Cullum (The Starkeeper/Dr. Selden), Jessie Mueller (Carrie)

Dear Evan Hansen| Oct 19, 2018 | LA Opening Night

Tracked Audio

Ben Levi Ross(Evan Hansen), Jessica Philips(Heidi Hansen), Maggie McKenna(Zoe Murphy), Marrick Smith(Connor Murphy), Christiane Noll(Cynthia Murphy), Aaron Lazar(Larry Murphy), Jared Goldsmith(Jared Kleinman), Phoebe Koyabe(Alana Beck)

Dear Evan Hansen| Unknown

Ben Platt (Evan Hansen), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi Hansen), Mike Faist (Connor Murphy), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe Murphy), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia Murphy), Michael Park (Larry Murphy), Will Roland (Jared Kleinman), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana Beck)

Falsettos| Lincoln Centre/PBSProfessionally Recorded

Stephanie J. Block (Trina), Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells(Whizzer), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Tracie Thoms(Dr. Charlotte), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia)

Gypsy| Unknown 2008 | Broadway Revival

Laura Benanti (Louise), Patti LuPone(Rose), Leigh Ann Larkin(Rose), Boyd Gaines (Herbie), Tony Yazbek(Tulsa), Alison Fraser (Tessie Tura), Leonora Nemetz (Mazeppa), Marilyn Caskey (Electra)

Hamilton| Unknown

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jonathan Groff, Sydney James Harcourt, Daniel J Watts, Neil Haskell, Ephraim Sykes.

Into the Woods| Unknown 2002 | Broadway revival

Vanessa Williams, Stephen DeRosa, Kerry O’Malley, John McMartin, Gregg Edelman, Laura Benanti, Molly Ephriam, Adam Wylie, Marylouise Burke

Leap of Faith| April 4, 2012 | Broadway

Raul Esparza, Jessica Phillips, Kendra Kassebaum, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Leslie Odom Jr., Krystal Joy Brown, Talon Ackerman

Legally Blonde| Unknown |Professionally Recorded MTV

Laura Bell Bundy(Elle Woods), Christian Borle(Emmett Forrest), Orfeh(Paulette), Richard H Blake(Warner Huntington III), Kate Shindle(Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson(Brooke Wyndham), Michael Rupert(Professor Callahan), Annaleigh Ashford(Margot), Asmeret Ghebremichael(Pilar), Tracy Jai Edwards(Serena)

Next to Normal| March 18, 2010 Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| June 6, 2009 | First post-Tony performance

Tracked Audio Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| Nov 29, 2009

Tracked Audio Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| March 18, 2010

Tracked Audio Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| March 20, 2010

Tracked Audio

Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Priscilla Queen of the Desert| March 6, 2011

Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi), Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia), C. David Johnson (Bob), Jacqueline B. Arnold (Diva #3), Anastacia McCleskey (Diva #2), Ashley Spencer (Diva #1), Jessica Phillips (Marion), J. Elaine Marcos (Cynthia)

Songs for a New World | June 2018 | NYCC Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell, Mykal Kilgore, Solea Pfeiffer

Spring Awakening| August 15, 2008 | First performance, San Diego

Kyle Riabko (Melchior), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Steffi D (Ilse), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Ben Moss (Ernst), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Henry Stram (Adult Men)

Waitress | March 30, 2016

Jessie Mueller (Jenna), Keala Settle (Becky), Kimiko Glenn (Dawn), Drew Gehling (Dr. Pomatter), Nick Cordero (Earl), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Eric Anderson (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie)

Wicked| August 17, 2005

Shoshana Bean(Elphaba), Meghan Hilty(Glinda)

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sighsbisesamor · 5 years

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Poem by Bernadette Noll 📜

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owlintheolives · 3 years

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I want to age like sea glass.

Smoothed by tides, not broken.

I want to ride the waves, go with the flow and feel the impact of the surging tides.

When I am caught between the rocks and a hard place, I will rest.

And when I am ready, I will catch a wave and let it carry me where I belong.

I want to be picked up and held gently by those who delight in my well-earned patina,

And appreciate the changes I went through to achieve this luster.

I want to enjoy the journey and let my preciousness be, not in spite of the impacts,

But because of them.

I want to age like sea glass. ~ Bernadette Noll

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tao-of-the-horse · 3 years

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I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, but not broken. I want my hard edges to soften. I want to ride the waves and go with the flow. I want to catch a wave and let it carry me to where I belong. I want to be picked up and held gently by those who delight in my well earned patina and appreciate the changes I went through to achieve that beauty. I want to enjoy the journey and always remember that if you give the ocean something breakable it will turn it into something beautiful. I want to age like sea glass. ~ Bernadette Noll ~ https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-9y8LAR3U/?igshid=82f2otxel57d

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cheerfullittlecreations · 3 years

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I want to age like sea glass 🌊💙💎 I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken. I want the currents of life to toss me around, shake me up and leave me feeling washed clean. I want my hard edges to soften as the years pass—made not weak but supple. I want to ride the waves, go with the flow, feel the impact of the surging tides rolling in and out. When I am thrown against the shore and caught between the rocks and a hard place, I want to rest there until I can find the strength to do what is next. Not stuck—just waiting, pondering, feeling what it feels like to pause. And when I am ready, I will catch a wave and let it carry me along to the next place that I am supposed to be. I want to be picked up on occasion by an unsuspected soul and carried along—just for the connection, just for the sake of appreciation and wonder. And with each encounter, new possibilities of collaboration are presented, and new ideas are born. I want to age like sea glass so that when people see the old woman I’ll become, they’ll embrace all that I am. They’ll marvel at my exquisite nature, hold me gently in their hands and be awed by my well-earned patina. Neither flashy nor dull, just a perfect luster. And they’ll wonder, if just for a second, what it is exactly I am made of and how I got to this very here and now. And we’ll both feel lucky to be in that perfectly right place at that profoundly right time. I want to age like sea glass. I want to enjoy the journey and let my preciousness be, not in spite of the impacts of life, but because of them. By Bernadette Noll https://www.instagram.com/p/CK_WFOLn_92/?igshid=1hx9m3cn2hx00

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simplyfragmented · 4 years

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I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, but not broken. I want my hard edges to soften. I want to ride the waves and go with the flow. I want to catch a wave and let it carry me to where I belong. I want to be picked up and held gently by those who delight in my well earned patina and appreciate the changes I went through to achieve that beauty. I want to enjoy the journey and always remember that if you give the ocean something breakable it will turn it into something beautiful. I want to age like sea glass. ~ Bernadette Noll (A tribute to her sister, Alma, who died at age 57) https://www.instagram.com/p/CERko8yJNut/?igshid=1wxy7vu4zgncy

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myhelrav · 5 years

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The Winds of Change

Musings on the 50-something years

While I’m rapidly reaching the end of my 50s, a friend has just entered them. When she reached out to “old timers” asking for tips to navigate her birthday, it got me thinking. Too many thoughts to squeeze onto her Facebook page! This is not the post with which I’d planned to get back into blogging, but after a winter hiatus I’m very grateful to find myself writing again. With special thanks for the impetus she unwittingly gave me to do so, I’d like to dedicate this piece to that newly-minted 50-year old.

I’ve been sitting on it for a few days, playing “shall I, shan’t I?”, feeling diffident about dishing out advice so publicly. In the meantime, I've been interacting once again with the online Aging Abundantly Community, the women whose support I’ve found invaluable over the past 2 years. It reminded me of how willingly they share their own challenges and what they learn along the way. They give me confidence to go ahead and share my musings.

The 50s seem to me to be a decade when the winds of change blow stronger, stirring up our lives big time, bringing a whirl of surprise and grief, challenges and opportunities. We often find ourselves being pulled in different directions. I think this is especially so if you are a woman.

I can’t speak for men of course, but I can safely say it’s almost impossible to come to terms with midlife changes in female bodies without having to form a new picture of ourselves as a woman. Sometimes the changes can be quick and straightforward, but it’s probably far more common for the process to be complicated, often long-drawn out, seldom linear. It brings both grief and relief in its wake.

Equally non-linear, and definitely complicated, is the change that all of us who are parents dreamt of – the increasing independence of our children. As they spread their wings and start flapping out of the nest, our inner lives shift just as much as our outer ones do. That independence can come sooner than we’re comfortable with, or conversely, much more slowly. Any which way, you can be sure that there is just as much opinion out there, waiting to judge how we handle it and what we do next, as there has been at any other stage of the parenting game. Some of those voices are, sadly, in our own heads…

For all of us, lurking in the future if not actively charging towards us at full speed, are significant changes in our parents’ generation and our relationships with them. And then there are our relationships with significant others, the world of work, and even our oldest, most comfortable friendships, none of them immune to buffeting by those winds of change.

An unexpected bonus of Project Tauranga has been the impetus and the opportunity it’s provided to reflect on the challenges thrown up by so much change in my own life. These past few days, I’ve been musing about what advice I might give on how to take on the 50’s. Depending on the day, I come up with different variations on “Lean into them”. Today my advice is simply “Trust’”.

Trust your feelings – even when they are all over the show. You know, none of us have done this before, not as an individual. It’s no surprise it can feel hard! To quote Dorothy Sander* (who writes ever so eloquently about mid-life transformations and whose writing has been an enormous help to me):

“There is no way to prepare for our reaction to experiences we’ve never had before. It helps to think about this time as a period of transition, not just an ending. And like all transitions, we are in a state of flux and we are going to feel uncomfortable. The discomfort is an invaluable shove to process the experience in order to move forward.

When we welcome the discomfort rather than resist it, we allow the feelings and thoughts we have to move through us. Resistance and avoidance keep the feelings locked inside of us, prolonging our discomfort. It takes time to process life’s difficult experiences, but we can get through them and we will. Life will feel “normal” again.”

Even when it’s a new normal...

Trust that these years bring opportunities of their own. I think one of the big fears most of us have about growing older is that doors will start closing on things we treasure in our life. Maybe a bit of that is inevitable. However there is something magical about discovering other doors opening, maybe in places we never thought to look before.

Trust that there is a world of kindness waiting out there for us, sometimes from people we’ve only just met.

Trust in kindness itself. The winds of change are particularly hard on relationships and they can react unpredictably. We’ve probably all seen memes proclaiming that “true” friends are those who are always there for you. I’ve come to reword them for myself as “your true friends are there for you to the extent that whatever’s going on in their life allows.” Sometimes we find ourselves letting people down in ways we would never have expected; other times we find friendships slipping away after a shift in the things that brought us together. Looking at such nasty surprises through the eyes of kindness can really, really help.

Trust that “Me” time is coming. When you’re really, really busy this can be unimaginable (and the journey there can be pretty blimmin’ painful) but, oh my goodness, can it be wonderful!

When the busyness changes and a void starts appearing (to quote Dorothy again), “rather than filling the void with fear and guilt, we have been given a perfect opportunity to learn and grow and discover. Dare to just “be” in this time, this in-between time. Tune into your inner voice and listen to the callings of your heart. Follow where it leads.”

If you feel your defining routines and roles slipping away and you find yourself wondering “Who am I now?”, trust that behind the scenes space is being created in your life and your head to reinvent yourself, reinvigorate yourself. If you feel it’s not happening, trust in yourself to start doing the work when the time is right for you. It doesn’t have to be right now.

Trust that “We” time is probably coming too. This one also takes work. Before I even started looking outward from my absorption with my boys when they were little, I was blessed to have the shining example of a friend who consciously set out to work on her friendship with her husband while their children were in their early teens. I’ve thought of her often as Rod and I find ourselves reworking our own friendship, having stripped away so many of the props of our family life in Wellington.

At the same time, I’m meeting women whose closest relationships haven’t survived these years of change. They are my newest shining examples as I watch how they trust that new relationships will come their way. I’m in awe of their bravery and am loving witnessing that bravery gradually bearing fruit.

Trust in authenticity. We also see memes about giving less of a **** as we grow older. Not all totally true of course, but it does seem to get easier to care less about being judged, to be more relaxed about being the person we are truly comfortable being.

Our life in Wellington was spent largely with people younger than us. Here in my new home and in my online life, I hang out mainly with women in their 50s, 60s, 70s and even 80s (the oldest person in our yoga class is 80 - now there’s a shining example to look up to!) The joy I’m finding in these connections often stems directly from moments of authenticity. People being themselves, sharing their vulnerabilities, trusting me to meet them where they are. It’s liberating and it’s beautiful.

While my friend wasn’t asking me about the years beyond the 50s, that is the future I’m pondering. Here’s a gorgeous analogy** that I’ve discovered recently (particularly apt for life in the beautiful Bay of Plenty.) May this be the way I take on my 60s!

* the quote from Dorothy Sander comes from Beyond the Empty Nest: https://www.agingabundantly.com/2013/01/22/beyond-the-empty-nest/?fbclid=IwAR0oRT8hkSFWH-2fxavpij954ZVWKoHQO1O0bKH4K3UW6SVQ23_N-_fBt-Y

**This just an excerpt from Bernadette Noll’s full piece which can be read here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-want-to-age-like-sea-glass_b_5317199

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