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Posted on August 29, 2007. Filed under: Aging With Attitude | Tags: 50+, aging, aging with grace, anti aging, baby boomer generation, baby boomer woman, baby boomer women, baby boomers, body, body image, book, boomer, boomers, career development, career transition, careers after 50, connect, counterculture, creative, Eileen Williams, emotion, empty nest, empty nesters, encourage, female forums, feminist, feminist movement, feminists, Fifties, fifty plus, first-wave boomers, forum for women, forums for women, friends, generation, health, hippie, hippie chick, hippies, hippy, invitation, lifelong learning, M. Eileen Williams, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, maturity, menopause, midlife, midlife crisis, midlife transition, old broad, older women, over fifty, peri menopause, psychedelic, retirement, retirement planning, senior serv, seniors, Seventies, share, Sixties, speak, story, support, symptoms of menopause, the 50's, the 60's, tips for baby boomer women, turning fifty, voice, wisdom, women, women over 50, women over fifty, write, writer |
As I was drifting off to sleep the other night, my leg made an involuntary twitch that jolted me back awake. I suddenly had a terrible thought: “Could I be suffering from the earliest signs of Restless Legs Syndrome?” The potential of this dreaded disease set my mind to reeling with all sorts of [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2007. Filed under: Aging With Attitude | Tags: 50+, aging, aging with grace, anti aging, baby boomer generation, baby boomer woman, baby boomer women, baby boomers, body, body image, book, boomer, boomers, career development, career transition, careers after 50, connect, counterculture, creative, Eileen Williams, emotion, empty nest, empty nesters, encourage, female forums, feminist, feminist movement, feminists, Fifties, fifty plus, first-wave boomers, forum for women, forums for women, friends, generation, health, hippie, hippie chick, hippies, hippy, invitation, lifelong learning, M. Eileen Williams, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, maturity, menopause, midlife, midlife crisis, midlife transition, old broad, older women, over fifty, peri menopause, psychedelic, retirement, retirement planning, senior serv, seniors, Seventies, share, Sixties, speak, story, support, symptoms of menopause, the 50's, the 60's, tips for baby boomer women, turning fifty, voice, wisdom, women, women over 50, women over fifty, write, writer |
When a close friend turned fifty, her slightly older husband jokingly suggested that he should “turn her in” for two twenty-five year olds. This and (to his mind) numerous other hilarious references to men with their younger, arm candy, trophy wives began to erode her self-esteem. Then, one day she “had it up [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2007. Filed under: The Joys of Friendship | Tags: 50+, aging, aging with grace, anti aging, baby boomer generation, baby boomer woman, baby boomer women, baby boomers, body, body image, book, boomer, boomers, career development, career transition, careers after 50, connect, counterculture, creative, Eileen Williams, emotion, empty nest, empty nesters, encourage, female forums, feminist, feminist movement, feminists, Fifties, fifty plus, first-wave boomers, forum for women, forums for women, friends, generation, health, hippie, hippie chick, hippies, hippy, invitation, lifelong learning, M. Eileen Williams, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, maturity, menopause, midlife, midlife crisis, midlife transition, old broad, older women, over fifty, peri menopause, psychedelic, retirement, retirement planning, senior serv, seniors, Seventies, share, Sixties, speak, story, support, symptoms of menopause, the 50's, the 60's, tips for baby boomer women, turning fifty, voice, wisdom, women, women over 50, women over fifty, write, writer |
A dear friend emailed this to me and I thought it was worth passing along. Since there was no name attached, I am unable to credit the author. Undoubtedly, she is a wise woman and her thoughts are touching as well as true. I’m sure she would want me to share them:
“A young wife sat [...]
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