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As we live our lives on this side of 50, we continue to forge ahead and navigate new paths along the way.
Those of us who are parents often become empty nesters.
Those of us who...
My last couple of blog posts have centered around my recently stepping into a caretaking role for my mom. The events leading up to it have been rather sudden and have had a significant...
It's so funny (not funny). When we're after 50 we sort of think we've been through it all. Seen it all. Have navigated different things and have a full...
Life has been a bit nuts during the past 3-4 weeks.
Although this is fairly typical for me in August, it seems a bit worse this summer.
We are on the last legs of our beach...
Last spring after some stressful "stuff," I decided to move forward with my plan to fade out of my job (I just cannot bring myself to use the word "retire" for some reason) and declared last summer...
Recently, I read a book called "The Road to Me" by Laura Drake. Nellie, the grandmother in the book said, "suffering is optional."
I love to read and my typical genre is either psychological thriller/mystery or historical fiction. From time to time, I stumble upon a book that I feel that the women in this community...
I am writing this blog post after returning home from an amazing weekend with family as we celebrated my mom's 80th birthday. (Although she is technically my stepmother, she and my...
In my career as a behavior analyst, I had the opportunity to meet and work with many parents of children on the autism spectrum.
I watched them as they reeled after the...
It has been such a pleasure and a blessing for me to be working with so many women on the right side of 50 who are trying to figure out what they want to do in this phase of life.
Women...
Earlier in December, I decided to participate in an event put on by the coach in the blogging Mastermind group I'm in.
I would describe it as a challenge to take an intensive look...
Throughout my life, I have been that annoying person who, the day after Halloween, starts playing Christmas music. My tree is always up before Thanksgiving, much to the dismay of...