Motherhood At MidLife

10.10.2008

I’m not talking about mothering at midlife, raising the kids that you had when you were in your twenties or thirties.  I’m talking about becoming a mother at midlife.  According to Newsweek, the number of women over forty who have given birth has doubled in the past twenty years.  Well, yes, of course, the advances [...]

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Birth of a MidLife Blogger

10.08.2008

by Karen Batchelor of MidLife’s A Trip I am a relative “newbie” on the blogging scene.  Oh, I’d heard of blogs.  But 1 ½ years ago if you had asked me to describe blogging, I would have been speechless.  And that doesn’t happen to me often. My baby steps into blogging came as the result [...]

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I’m at MidLife and All That I Have Left…

10.05.2008

By Denise of Not What It Seems …is my body apparently.  No longer blessed with even talents for stating the obvious or spouting florid cliches, I am at the mercy of my bodily functions. Or perhaps malfunctions is the better word: Will I sweat too much if I wear this? Will I make it home [...]

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News the Midlife Nose Knows

10.02.2008

by Darryle Pollack of I Never Signed Up For This Just saw on the internet there is news on the scientific frontier.  A study was released today showing that a million people a year, mostly men, are sliding closer into dementia–which is three times more people than the researchers expected.  A leading expert labelled this [...]

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Spousal Abuse: Get Your Words Off Me

09.29.2008

Here’s another excerpt from Laura G’s powerful relating of her experience with spousal abuse: By Laura G, of Rebellious Thoughts of a Woman Four years ago, on a Sunday morning, I was attending a conference for part-time religious school teachers that was aimed at sharing innovative ways to excite and educate our students. Before things [...]

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What Really Makes Us Late?

09.25.2008

by Carol J. Clouse of No Clocks If you feel perplexed about your life, and cannot fathom why you do the things you do or exactly what the hell your problem is, individuals exist who can help clear all that up for you. They are called therapists, and they possess degrees from esteemed institutes of [...]

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Relationships at Midlife: The Dating Dead Zone

09.23.2008

by Allison Allen, of WomenBloom My life is pretty good in many ways these days. I’m healthy, holding up pretty well physically in most ways despite creeping middle age and Birthday 51 coming up at the end of the year, I have an active social life, and my professional life with WomenBloom is opening up [...]

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How I Made It Through HIS Midlife Crisis

09.18.2008

by Celeste Lindell of Average Jane It all started when my husband was in his mid-40s. He’d spent most of his life as a musician, but had recently become a regional sales representative for a wholesaler. That meant he’d cut his hair short and switched his wardrobe to khaki pants and a polo shirt in [...]

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The Art of Procrastination

09.16.2008

by Darryle Pollack of  I Never Signed Up For This The perfect title for my blog.  Art.   Procrastination.  The connection between them.  But honestly I don’t even know where to start. Should I start with the fact that there have been photos of mosaics on my blog since day one?  But I’ve been procrastinating and [...]

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What Love Is – The Other Side of the Story

09.15.2008

A couple of weeks ago, MidLifeBloggers published the first of Laura’s moving posts on an abusive marriage, Get Your Words Off Me.  This week, we’re featuring the other side of the story:  Kris’s description of her  successful marriage. All of us on MidLifeBloggers fall somewhere between these two poles–and we need to be reminded of [...]

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