Better After 50

Sandwiched Between A Full Nest And An Empty One

Emily GaffneyNovember 16, 2017

One side of our sandwich holds a pit-stopping college returnee, and the other is home to my 91-year-old mother...

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A Letter To My Body

Charlotte PrywesNovember 16, 2017

I felt like the fattest girl in the school. When I look at old pictures, however, I see a pretty, normal-sized me....

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How Can I Be 50 Already?

Patty NaseyNovember 14, 2017

My birthday wish is to slow those feelings of anxiety about the future and regrets about the past and stay rooted in the present......

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I Switched Gears After 50 And Published My First Novel

Jeanne BlasbergNovember 14, 2017

In my fifties, I’ve started putting myself first....

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Who Says We Can’t Wear Bikinis Over 50?

Janet BertolusNovember 9, 2017

If we're over a certain age, or don't have the bodies of supermodels, why can't we have the courage to flaunt what God gave us and rock that bikini?...

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Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Just Me?

Betsy KramerNovember 9, 2017

It never occurred to me that people my age could have hot flashes. Hot flashes were something that happened to old ladies with husbands named Stanley....

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Was This You In The 1980s?

Stacy FeintuchNovember 7, 2017

I love my Guess jeans but I hate putting them on. They are so tight and I need to lay on my bed and pull the zipper up with a hanger....

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4 Things Parents Can Expect From Their Adult Children

Nisha BaghadiaNovember 6, 2017

This would be a great piece to email to all our kids...ready or not!...

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Taming My Hair Made Me Accept Who I Am

JoAnn DiFrancoNovember 2, 2017

Eventually, life as a single motther and full-time career woman left no time for fussing with my hair. ...

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Our Memories Of Lost Love: Fiction or Fact?

Carmelene SianiNovember 2, 2017

I’ll never forget how he looked, waiting there for me at the bottom of the escalator at the airport....

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In Bed With Bruce Springsteen

MimiOctober 31, 2017

Bruce and I have traveled a life together, going from my childhood twin bed to various dirty and dingy apartment mattresses....

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How Scary Would An Older Version of You Be This Halloween?

Karen DeBonisOctober 31, 2017

This Halloween, my husband and I went as ourselves....only older. Scared us to death!...

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Talking With Your Parent Now About DNR

Emily GaffneyOctober 31, 2017

The questions on the new and improved DNR have highlighted our ignorance with regard to life-sustaining options for Mom. Apparently, there are degrees, or levels......