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Occasionally, a particular scent can catch your attention, pull you in or even help recreate or recall a certain memory of a familiar place in your life, and this can occur in the midst of any situation even if it appears to be brand new.

We can spend a lifetime trying to identify “our” scent – that particular thing which can awaken us in just the right way or in all the right ways. At times we have the opportunity to decide how we’d like to have our senses awakened, and then we may have no say so at all. Our senses can be awakened by a certain taste, a particular place, a particular time, or someone special. It is the perception of a certain quality in a person that connects with you in a way that a look or unspoken conversation can actually make sense without the chore or effort of explanation.

Most of you reading this column are probably already women of a certain age and distinguished members of Silver Vixen status. I am pleased to announce that I am on my way…thus the title of this column, “In Waiting”.

As women we are always moving through a particular something. As younger women we tend to spend a lot of time trying to fit into the molds that are already created, or should I say the ones we perceive to be there. Yet, so much of life is a ‘learn as you go’ situation. We never know what to expect or what awaits us, and the beauty of aging is the wonderful wisdom that we gain through experience, trials, unexpected moments, heart breaks, unplanned moves and moves that weren’t quite quick enough.