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Sometimes There Are Worse Things Than Nipplage

09.07.2008

by  Pseudonymous Teacher  of Phhhst I’ve got some battle scars. My right breast has a one inch mark from a lumpectomy that was benign. There’s a leftover trench, a hidden valley of sorts from that surgery. My left breast has a larger disfigurement from the removal of a malignant lump; the lymph nodes were taken [...]

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Widening your world

09.04.2008

by Celeste Lindell of Average Jane Today I had the good fortune to see a presentation on brainstorming by Sam Harrison as part of a creativity symposium at work. He shared all kinds of valuable tips about encouraging the creative process, but one section resonated for me as particularly applicable in midlife. He asked us [...]

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In the Heat of Midlife

09.03.2008

by Karen Batchelor of MidLife’s A Trip Peri-menopause was the first stop on my midlife trip.  It rolled in when I was about 45.  I remember visiting my doctor because I was having night sweats.  I told him I was in menopause. Knowing me as he does (I’m a doctor’s daughter), he took my astute [...]

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On Backorder

09.02.2008

By Ellen of A Girl’s Garden of Menopause Dear Inexorable Passage of Time, We had a deal. I would be giving up wide-eyed naiveté, an unfurrowed brow, and my original jawline. In exchange, I would be compensated by encyclopedic wisdom and unflappable serenity. I can’t find my copy of the contract but I’m damn sure those [...]

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Old-school community service

08.28.2008

by Celeste Lindell of Average Jane Around 2001, a friend invited me to cook something to bring for dinner to the residents of a Ronald McDonald House. It turned out to be a service project of the Soroptimist Club, a businesswomen’s community service organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. Soroptimist, which [...]

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Latency

08.26.2008

by Denise, of Not What It Seems “Latency is a time delay between the moment something is initiated, and the moment one of its effects begins or becomes detectable. The word derives from the fact that during the period of latency the effects of an action are latent, meaning ‘potential’ or ‘not yet observed’.” I [...]

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One Last Look

08.24.2008

by Tori Taff, of Babybloomr As I slowly back out of my parents’ driveway (after ostentatiously making a show of double-checking seatbelts and adjusting mirrors because I know they’re watching), I tell the girls to “Wave!” and we vigorously waggle our arms and blow big sloppy kisses as we head down their quiet street and [...]

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Grandma Envy

08.21.2008

by Darryle Pollack of  I Never Signed Up For This My diagnosis of breast cancer 13 years ago dramatically increased the risk factor for my sister Carla.  In the years since, she’s been very vigilant–and very lucky.  And fortunately she’s had no problems. Now the tables are turned.  Although Carla is younger than me, she [...]

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Betraying my age group

08.21.2008

By Celeste Lindell of Average Jane When I turned 40, I decided that I was through being cagey about my age. I don’t go around announcing, “I’m 41!” to everyone I meet, but neither do I hem and haw when someone asks. On Friday mornings, I go to coffee with a group of people who [...]

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Adventures at Midlife: Still waiting for Uncle Sam?

08.19.2008

by msmeta of Adventures at Midlife The National Women’s Law Center just released the results of a poll indicating that “women are significantly more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo in America, both on a societal level and in terms of their own lives.” “Women are more likely than men to [...]

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