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Changing

Changing

Over the past year, my wonder- and wander-land, like many of yours, changed dramatically.  Leaving my head spinning like a backyard pinwheel.  

A different lens

Until last fall, I’d written a blog, “Consider, ” for this website.  For adult oldest daughters. I suggested points of view for you, women of influence, to consider about a variety of  subjects.  Then several months ago I broadened my perspective, believing that repeating  the “Pat’s Blog,” I write for my other website (patriciaschudy.com) would work here. Not so.  This website and the blog  are unique.  For us,  a specific, targeted audience. 

And so? 

 I am still the oldest daughter in my family of origin.  I still see, very often, through  that lens.  However S.O.S.O. (same old, same old) has never resonated with me.  So I’ve re-named my blog  title to describe where I am now: open2change.

And wondering

Do I interact with my siblings in a different way because of losses of life and circumstances caused by COVID-19?   Is “protectiveness” the proprietary  prerogative of oldest daughters?  Is it possible for things in my family of origin to go back the way they used to be?   Do I /we want them to?   What  changes will I be able to see as opportunities?

I’m eager to find the answers to those questions and  to present them here.  And to hear where you are finding yourself open to change.

Patricia Schudy

Patricia Schudy is the author of the non-fiction book, "Oldest Daughters: What to know if you are one or have ever been bossed around by one," and is currently writing a suspense-romance novel. She is a former nationally syndicated, youth-advice columnist ("Talk to Us," Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel) and a free-lance feature writer for local and national publications, ncluding Better Homes and Gardens /Meredith Publications, the Kansas City STAR Magazine and the National Catholic Reporter. She is a member of Sisters in Crime (SINC), Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and Northern Colorado Writers. The oldest child in her family-of-origin’s five siblings, she is the mother of five adult children and the grandmother of eight. “Relationships are integral to who I am and what I choose to write about.”