My husband and I have done many a road trip over the years. We’re hard core – preferring to drive through the night in many cases. We can be on the road for hours without too many problems.
Well, that WAS the case.
As we drove to Detroit the other day, there were a few more pit stops needed. Not for the bathroom, mind you. We’re like camels in the bladder department. Instead, it was for our backs and hips. The six-hour drive was killing us. Although I am a yogi an he practices TaiChi, we were both pretty busted. Our bodies NEEDED those stretch breaks.
The Universe sent us a clear message: we’re getting old.
Instead of rocking it out like some sort of Mad Max road warrior, we’re more like Sad Sacks road worriers. Worried we’re going to wrench our backs if we try to make this journey like we’re still in our thirties.
It’s funny how things like this sneak up on you. I’d like to think I’m forever young and a total badass but now? I’ve got a “bad ass” as in a wonky hip. My road trips must accommodate this new reality.
You know what though? It’s not so bad. It may take us longer to get where we need to go but that means more time with my husband. Because on the other side of getting old is the knowledge that our time together is shorter with each passing year. Slowing down and savoring the journey can be divine.
Don’t hurry through life, folks. Take it easy. Slow down. Enjoy the ride.
Other stuff:
I am so excited about the upcoming Wild Messengers Alchemical Tarot! Get in on this goodness and back this uh-may-zing deck!
My Tarot Bytes podcast got a nice mention on Jenna Matlin’s Your Tarot Podcast Field Guide.
Ha ha – I love this: Fashion Horoscopes: The Signs as David Bowie Outfits.
Reality-TV Mediums Healed Me After a Breakup.
Tarot in the news: Twist of fate – CAL exhibit draws on Tarot cards for inspiration.
If you live in Philly, you’re in luck: This illustrator is creating a 78-card, Philadelphia-themed tarot deck.
Check out Oprah’s healthy breakfast.
From Bust: What My ’80s Childhood Taught Me About Rape Culture.
Three Fantastic Recipes from Amanda Brooks’s English Countryside Farm.
Stacey Abrams on Why Survivors Don’t Report—And Why We Must Believe Them Anyway.
From Philip Ellis: Just Because I’m Gay Doesn’t Mean I Want to Be Your Sidekick.
My Starman Tarot is delayed. UGH. Hurry and come to mama!
This looks COOL: Coloring Book of Shadows: Planner for a Magical 2019.
Interesting: Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger.
Much needed: The Book You Were Born to Write: Everything You Need to (Finally) Get Your Wisdom onto the Page and into the World.
Gonna check this one out: All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation.
Stumped by the tarot? Get The Tarot Coloring Book and master the meanings once and for all!
Coming soon: Tarot for Troubled Times: Confront Your Shadow, Heal Your Self & Transform the World.
What I’m Grateful For:
Good friends
Full classes
Time with my husband
Decent driving weather
Laughter
Soundtrack for 10/13/18:
Cars by Gary Numan
Blessings,
Theresa
© Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady 2018
images from stock photography and personal collection
I’m Theresa Reed (aka, The Tarot Lady). I’ve been a full-time tarot reader for 30+ years — which, in my industry, makes me pretty badass.
I’m definitely not your average Tarot expert — I drop the F-bomb, I quote rappers, and I’m obsessed with pop culture + reality TV. Folks come to me for straight-talk + tough-love — without the woo-woo fluff. 
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