My Nightmare: Pregnant After 50
I usually wake up when I’m in the delivery room about to give birth and I am terrified. I am 52 years old....
Marlene Fischer
The Big Mistake You Need To Avoid With Your Son’s Girlfriend
I love the girls they bring home. Do I really have to wait until they are engaged or married before I get attached? ...
Frizzy Hair: Breaking News
A middle-age woman was spotted sporting frizzy hair.......
Mom Devastated By Kid At Sleep Away Camp
She packed and went to Europe to deal with her distress....
Looking Past Toned Arms And Unwrinkled Faces
I asked my mother if she had read my last blog, and she replied, “Yes, and that picture of you is such a good one."...
Why Saying Goodbye To Your Kids Is Not Sad At All
If your child is approaching the age when he or she will be leaving for college, don’t despair. He or she will be back....
Odd Things People Say To Me About Adoption
For the past nineteen years I have been fielding questions and comments regarding my son’s adoption...
Marlene Fischer
Marlene Kern Fischer is a wife, mother of three sons, food shopper extraordinaire and blogger. In addition to Better After 50.com, her work has appeared in Ten To Twenty Parenting, Beyond Your Blog, Grown and Flown, Kveller, Her View From Home, CollegiateParent, and the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop