What do you think gets better with age?

A good wine and a good whiskey – Jameson to be precise – gets better with age, they say.

I have gotten better with age too, in a lot of ways.

More confidence in myself and my abilities. I was painfully shy when I was younger and now I’d talk to anyone who’d listen to me.

I give my opinion more freely than I used to, without offending anyone, although I don’t get concerned about those in today’s society who are easily offended by everything.

I’m not afraid to say no to people. I remember the days when I done things I really didn’t want to do, or feel comfortable doing, because it was to please someone else.

I value my time more than I used to.

I accept my faults and don’t beat myself up about them because we all have them, and I don’t think mine are all that bad! [Insert Smiley Emoji]

I do realise though, that our health doesn’t improve with old age. I hope my physical and mental state doesn’t deteriorate too much as I get older.

I don’t sweat the small stuff, and what others think of me is not my business.

I laugh in the face of the begrudgers!

I’m not afraid to die. But I don’t want to go just yet!

One of the reasons I decided to self-publish my first novel was because it took me quite a few years to complete it to the standard I wanted it, and I couldn’t wait any longer. I kept thinking, what if I die before it sees the light of day? I’m only 56 by the way!

Would you like a quick peek inside?

Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed, Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It is a story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filled with sins and secrets.

Also available on Rakuten Kobo book.

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