middle child syndrome

Continues to amaze me, how almost all the focus on older age seems to spotlights people with forms of dementia.  People who are simply getting up there in years seem to be overlooked.  Sort of an elderly form of "middle child syndrome."

Just struck me, writing this, that one of my personal strengths has been working to the middle-child types ~ B students finding all the attention going to the exceptionally gifted or challenged, mediocre athletes or artists or writers waiting for some attention to come out of themselves, even the classic middle child. 

Aka, people who neither garner glory nor face daunting challenges.  

These folks easily fall through the cracks.  It becomes such the norm, it becomes their expectation.  

THAT's my demographic!  How to engage them, energize & help empower them.  And, in turn, find myself engaged, energized & empowered by them!

~ Deev ~
the well read daughter