The Magnificent Modern Mature Woman

In what ways do you communicate online?

The best way that I communicate online with friends is on social apps like Facebook. Although, some connections are kept on LinkedIn.

Thanks to Facebook, I’ve been able to stay in contact with my friends from downriver Detroit whom I’ve known since kindergarten. My conversation with them is normally chill and easy like be wrapped in a warm blanket and a cup of hot tea.

Also, I’ve kept friends from college and afterwards on there. Although, high school on Facebook is sketchy because my free spirit either irritates others or makes them feel uncomfortable likely it did when I was there live. Felt truly alone most of the time back then but now I cherish it.

Recently, I connected with an old high school student who I can relate to because of her truth and honesty. Her brashness made others kinda fear her because she doesn’t and never did tolerate dishonesty and flakiness well. Her image was being tough. Truthfully, she’s actually very kind. She lives in the metro Detroit area.

As I consider a move back up north, I truthfully can and will gauge people’s attitudes from Facebook. It’s not going to be easy living in a small town where labels are given and meant to stick forever although it might only represent a fraction of truth about the person. But, I’ll have the freedom to ride my bike safely and peacefully. Plus, trusting my God given intuition and ability to see people for who they truly are.

Shifting gears towards work life, I am on LinkedIn to remain in contact with coworkers and college friends who are more interested in building up a professional network. After I lost my job of 22 years of employment, the site became my refuge of hope of those who understood my predicament and reality of finding a job in Michigan was not going to happen. Believe that LinkedIn balances my life with the professional aspect.

Yours Truly,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Think back on your most memorable road trip.

Texas has the prairie land of the metroplex, the swamp land of the east, the canyon land near Amarillo, the desert of the west and the Hill Country near the center of the State. Each of it is worth exploring.

“The Daytripper” found on PBS and on YouTube to experience complete episodes with food recommendations. The series focus on different regions and cities throughout Texas.

Head for the Hills,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

What snack would you eat right now?

My favorite lifetime snack has been and always will the classic Red Delicious Apple because of its taste, nutritional value plus dental benefits. My former State of Michigan is a huge on growing apples but another State might hold first position on the fruit.

Truthfully, I eat red delicious apples any time of the day that I would choose over chocolate too. The nutritional value plus dental benefits when eaten raw or natural back up the old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” has medical truths. Ask yours.

Unfortunately for myself, the cost of red delicious apples in Texas cost about triple as they do in Michigan where a good portion of the country’s supply are grown. Other States like Washington and Wisconsin grow them as well. The town of Charlevoix in northern Michigan celebrates the fruit every fall due to the high concentration of farmers growing it in the area. “AppleFest.”

With my feeling of moving back up north, I’m looking forward to buy a bag of red delicious inexpensively along with other fruits and veg.

Stay Healthy,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

The item that I was obsessively attached in my much younger years was my bicycle especially when I upgraded to a ten speed touring bike.

My bike gave me the ability to ride away from my problems at home and to have time to think. At that time, my family lived on an island south of Detroit on the American side of the Detroit River with our Canadian neighbors not far away. The island had narrow roads making it dangerous with vehicles but had lots of paths through vacant fields to avoid cars but getting the abundant poison ivy.

My touring bike enabled me to escape the yelling and screaming between my Dad and my oldest brother in high school after our move to northern Michigan. It also gave me freedom from the constant nagging of my Mom. Being a free spirit with the need of truth and honesty, my parents put tighter reigns on me than my siblings.

After I moved to west Michigan from up north, I believe that my parents sold my bike cheap in a garage sale. For about ten years, I didn’t ride until I got my Raleigh Technium 12 speed touring bike that I still have now.

My escape from reality has always been on wheels mainly being a road bike in my younger years to an auto later. Riding my bike allowed me to be in the fresh air along the shores of Lake Michigan.

Thankful,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

Come up with a crazy business idea.

“Do It Yourself” will be a large retail space of many projects that you need to do or need to learn yourself. The space will include a sewing room, a commercial kitchen, a workshop with tools and a garden plus business area with computers for tax season and resume creation and, finally, an auto garage for vehicle maintenance and repair. This idea comes from when my funds are tight but needed to accomplish a task so doing it myself which was my only option with investigating the Internet on how to do it. Each area will have complete easy to read directions on whatever task that you must do yourself with mentors present to help.

Once you have completed your task, you will receive recognition of learning something new and offer next steps to become a Master of whatever discipline you have come for consistently or have dreamt about.

The skilled trades people don’t normally get the credit that they deserve until someone attempts to do a task on his/her own. “Do It Yourself” will allow one to learn from the pros in multiple disciplines. And, one will likely treat the person who comes to their home to fix something with much respect.

Thank you,

Leslie Elizabeth David.

What is your mission?

TheMMMW.com was created to remind the world in all sectors that the, “modern, mature and magnificent woman” is more than capable of living a full and complete life with or, more importantly, without a man.

The generation before me, my Mom who was in high school during the 1950s and married then had my brother, first child, in 1960. She was expected to graduate high school and work until she got married to stay home with us kids. Granted, some of my friend’s Moms worked outside of the home but it was rare. She was raised to be a wife and a mother. Later, her and my Dad opened an antique shop which she managed and purchased while my Dad maintained a natural flower gardens on the grounds. She now suffers from memory loss like her Mother which I am diligently working not to.

My generation was a time of change for all women in the US although, for me, I was expected to graduate high school, attend college, have a career, get married then quit my job when I had kids. Rarely, in my undergrad classes, I saw very few women that taught. Most of my professors were all men. After graduating in ‘84, a few of my classmates got positions in sales or in accounting while I got a job at a bank which my manager expected me to do the above. Instead, I divorced with no children and I desired to live a full life with or without a man.

Unfortunately, women in my peer group like myself have dealt with ageism more than our male counterparts. It creeps up in the workplace, at social events and even traveling. Age is used against anyone over the age of 55 in the US and more with women than men in every field of work in all industries across the board.

2026, the beginning of new victories and new challenges for all women to overcome. The more we know and understand technology while using our gained wisdom with our experience and knowledge, we are unstoppable. We are the modern, mature and magnificent! We have value.

Teach your daughters and granddaughters what you were taught by your Mother and grandmother as lessons in life that transcends time to help them move forward in education, career, marriage, children and grands.

Your Sister from Another Mister,

Leslie Elizabeth David.