By Karen DeArmond-Gardner – Being single in your fifties is interesting, to say the least. The rules have changed a bit since I was in
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By Carol Doyel – Marilyn Monroe Okay, Marilyn Monroe was not my mother-in-law, but my mother-in-law’s name is Norma Jean. However, she goes by Norma. In
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By Jesi Steiber – Originally published at mypurposenow.wordpress.com. Mealtime with the four year old has become quite a challenge. I make dinner, he tells me
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By Sharon Hurley Hall – We older parents do a lot of analyzing and reflecting on parenting – at least, that’s what I’ve found. Get
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By Sherri Snelling – My favorite cartoonist the late Charles Schulz of Peanuts fame wrote that, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” I wonder if he
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By Sheryl Young – At some time or another, each of us might struggle with an unfulfilled dream, an empty nest, wayward children, or life
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By Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert – Valuing your spirit requires you to connect to your spiritual journey and recognize the element of time.
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By Sandy Abell, MS, LPC, ACC – When I was a new therapist in a social service agency, I had the degree and license to
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By Nancie Carmichael –  “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in,
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By Laura Petherbridge – Judy’s hugs have changed recently. My friend no longer offers a brief squeeze, she now holds on tight, and whispers words
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By Nancie Carmichael – There was a story on Good Morning America this morning on the latest beauty craze—how to make your hands not look
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By Max Elliot Anderson – My wife and I became first time grandparents on January 23 of this year. Later this summer, our daughter and
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Submitted by Alice Burron –  If ever I have Alzheimer’s . . . Remember that it’s a disease. I had no control over it. Remember
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By Sherri Snelling – March is National Nutrition Month, and while it is important for all of us to check on how well we are
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By James Giles – Being a full-time caregiver for a family member is stressful. There are an overwhelming amount of appointments, prescription management issues and
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By Amandah Tayler Blackwell – What happens when adult children and their family (pets too) move back home because of divorce, separation, health issues, or job
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By Sandra Bennett – For most of us, life is crazy busy but, here’s the secret…life is only as crazy busy as we choose and
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By Tonya Genison-Prince – Wearing sophistication, Ella, a woman in her 60s walked into the domestic violence office just as reluctantly as every younger woman
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By Anita Estes – Less than five years ago, divorce loomed on the horizon for me after thirty years of trying to make the marriage
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By Sherri Snelling – For as long as I can remember I have been in love with the movies. Movies are magic come to life.
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By Patty Mason – At eighteen, I saw the world from a twisted perspective. I was headed in a new direction, and all too happy
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By Barbara Briggs Ward – Life’s lessons can come in ways we don’t expect them to. They come at any time, even when we think
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By Max Elliot Anderson – As a child, I never liked to read. When I mention this to someone today, I can anticipate the reaction.
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By Edwige Gilbert – Our ability to think and express ourselves in words is one of the most powerful “tools” we possess. There are two
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By Rosalinda Randall – Ah, Valentine’s Day; a day of high expectations, especially from women. Can the emotion that Valentine’s Day seems to evoke, be
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By Pat Stockett Johnston – How a Retired Couple Celebrates Valentine’s Day All Year Long- After being retired for several years, my husband and I
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Beth tells the funny story of her grandson with Mr. Sun and Mr. Moon to illustrate the difference between harmless fairy tales and damaging lies.

Together For Marriage Marriage works. It makes people happier, live longer, and build more economic security. Children with married parents perform better in school. Read
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By Rhonda Caudell – In simple terms, “Patient” implies someone who is sick or ill. “Advocate” is defined in the World English Dictionary as someone
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By Nancie Carmichael – Funny how some things stick in your mind. I was 23 and a young mom of two, and my husband had
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By Joy Silha – My intention for 2012 is to “Be Childlike and Play!” It sort of came to me. I was creating a vision
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By Penelope Lemov – They are a two-car family living in a comfortably affluent neighborhood. With her college-sophomore son home for the summer, a friend
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By Anita Agers-Brooks – I grew up in a house full of artists. Mediocre they are not. My mom, my sisters, my brother – they
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By Denise LaFrance – How many of us have taken off our glasses and looked in the mirror, examining the laugh lines that frame our
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By Carolyn Henderson – A teacher friend of ours raised his children with the concept of choices, as in, “That was a bad choice, son.” “Do
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By Vicki Norris – Are things falling apart around you? Or, does it seem like your foundation could use some shoring up? The times we
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Answer: One Resolution – 52 Chances to Make It Work – Me Time Monday℠ for Caregivers By Sherri Snelling – Ahhh the New Year is
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By Sharon Greenthal – This past weekend I went to a bridal shower for my mother. At seventy-something, she is remarrying after nearly 30 years
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By Josephine Lalwan – I started to write a few new years’ resolutions or intentions, the usual things, more exercise, look after self better plus
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By Grace Fox – “What do you mean—you don’t have any close friends?” asked Gene, my husband of four months. “What about me? I’m your
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By Deb DeArmond – I haven’t had a real job in years. Or at least that’s what my kids used to say. You know –
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By Vicki Norris – Renew means to begin or take up again, to bring something back to a former state, or to revive. To renew
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By Carolyn Henderson – There’s dried fettuccini on the bathroom floor, which is a variation from the usual wet towels, but this time it’s not
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By Anita A. Chlipala – Lose weight. Check. Quit smoking. Check. Improve my relationship. Che…eee, wait. Never thought of making your relationship part of your
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By Carrie Saba – Would you like to feel really good about your life and have more abundance? One way to get started is to
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By Edwige Gilbert – Every year on December 31st, people all over the world make New Year’s resolutions. Millions of people wake up thinking, “This
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By Sherri Snelling – Recently, Reese Witherspoon showed her compassion by announcing she would not press charges against the older driver who hit the Academy
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By Dr. Jo Anne White – Joy is found in simple pleasures. Acknowledge those moments when joy is present before they slip away. You may
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By Laura Petherbridge – The supermarket offered a plethora of choices, but my eye caught the brown package on the top shelf. The sight instantly
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By Sherri Snelling – If you are a Boomer like me, you will remember the hit 60s TV show Get Smart where agent Maxwell Smart uses
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By Poppy Smith – Instead of a houseful of kids and their little ones running around laughing, crying, playing with toys and sneaking treats, this
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By Dr. Jo Anne White –   In the midst of changing times and uncertainty, it’s necessary to shift our focus, taking stock of what’s
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By Donna Ryan – This time of year with all the hustle and bustle of the  holiday season I am sure most people would agree
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By Rhonda Caudell RN, CMM – The generations of mothers behind me, shaped who I am today. I treasured my time with my great grand
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By Deb DeArmond – Seneca Falls isn’t the only community paying tribute this year to the holiday movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” In recognition of
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By Linda Menesez – Do you ever walk down neighborhood streets at night, and think about the warm glowing scenes you see through the uncovered
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By Barb Franzen – What are we searching for come Black Thursday? Is any of it genuinely lasting as in the memories that come from
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By Laura Petherbridge – October through December can be an excruciating time of year for those who have experienced a loss. In addition to the
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By Dr. Linda Mintle – A reader asks: Instead of being happy about the holidays, my 11 year old seems irritable and tired and doesn’t
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By Deb DeArmond – Today is a different kind of day in our house. For the first time in 14 months, I will awaken to
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By Barbara Briggs Ward – Whenever someone learns my father passed away close to Christmas a few years back the reaction is usually the same.
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By Sherri Snelling – Life is a voyage that is homeward bound. –Herman Melville This holiday season, many of us will be heading home. Back
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By Linda Menesez – My husband and I were out enjoying nature the other morning, and it made me think about how we see life. We
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By Ashley Barnes – I started a new job recently. I had been unhappy and unchallenged in my last position for a while and I
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By Beth Havey – Most of us are familiar with the downside of the coming holidays: if there is sorrow in life it’s hard to
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By Marta Perrone – What is it like to live in a marriage where when you slip into the bed covers at night, you cling
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By Shahina Lakhani – Today’s article is based on a book I recently read titled “Thrive Finding Happiness The Blue Zone Way.” We are going to
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By Janice Hope – “When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not
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By Dr. Linda Mintle – For years, my children did not know there was a large shopping bag overstuffed with presents secretly stashed away in
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By Linda Menesez – I sit in the middle of such a familiar room, and yet everything feels different. Everything has changed!  I’m at my
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By Lori Latimer – In late September, I noticed a trend in a group of separated and divorced women I’m involved with. These women span
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By Susan Lawrence – When my parents had been married for 45 years, my sisters and I planned a surprise party. We decided it would
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By Denise Horner Mitnick – When my husband and I were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary last January, I developed symptoms of a severe gallbladder
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By Anita A. Chlipala – By the time I see couples in my office, some of them dislike each other, some wonder if they are
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By Peter Kruger – A child visits a fairground and spends their pocket money on a carousel ride. They are told from the outset that
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By Beth Havey – I was ten when I stepped into the spotlight one Christmas night and performed various roles in Gian Carlo Minotti’s Amahl and
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By Barbara Franzen – Though wanting a large family, God blessed me with one precious child. One child meant one chance to teach those values we
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6 areas of your life where you can let love in By Carrie Saba – Are you living with love in your heart or holding on to
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By Beth Havey – Feeling overwhelmed? I am. The boomer highway is full of worries and tasks and when I’m on the net or tuning
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By Anna Cook – Do you panic thinking about your age or revel in the glory of the golden years? Why do you panic? What
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By Jane Morrison – The other day I was working with a client, the owner of a massage and wellness center, and she was stressing
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By Shela Dean Boomer – The Baby Boom Generation has the highest percentage of divorce of any demographic, so much so that the term “Grey
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By:  Sherri Snelling – It was recently National Friendship Day which I thought was a good time to talk about the power of friendships when
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By Fran Caffey Sandin – The empty nest becomes a test. How strong is our marriage? What have we done so far to keep the
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By Tamara Elizabeth – “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”-Madeleine L’Engle You know the
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By Beverly Lewis – When I was a kid, I loved a game show Monty Hall hosted called “Let’s Make a Deal.” There were always
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By Barbara Franzen – I don’t know about you, but life has become different as I’ve “matured”, the nice way of saying, we’re older. These
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By Jackie Silver – Whether you’re already in a loving relationship or looking for love, being in the company of someone special can be very
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By Sue West – Their daughter is getting married. Her partner was very ill and is coming home. Her business is in its own next
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By Leona Salazar – I celebrated my 60th birthday this year…and now fall into the 60+ year old category. I figured such an occasion deserved an article
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By Sharon Hurley Hall- By the time my mom was my age I had finished college. My life is very different: my daughter’s just 8
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By Vonda Skelton – I hate tobacco smoke. I hate the way it smells, the way it permeates my clothes and hair, and especially the
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By Jane Dean – What a strange time of year. Summer hasn’t started in The Hague yet vacations are over and families everywhere are preparing
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By Anna Cook – It’s time to move yourself out of any ruts you may have fallen into over the years so you can open
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Supporting Baby Boomers Who Care for Aging Parents By Deborah Cauz, Submitted by http://www.boomertoboomeronline.ca/ – Being a family caregiver, caring for an aging parent, is
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By Jill Demby Guest – It goes like this. You see a hot pair of jeans. You’re excited. They’re just what you’ve been looking for. You
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By Deborah Turton – My phone rings, it’s my sister. I have only spoken to her twice in the past 4 years and she does
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“It’s in the unexpected moments where the best things happen” By Nancie Carmichael – Now it’s summer—blessed, long-awaited lazy-hazy days of summer. But if your
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By Joy Silha – Who is the older woman you don’t want to become? I’m guessing she is judgmental, stoic, stuck in her ways and
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By Trisha Menoni – Now That Summer is Finally Here, It’s a Great Opportunity to Have Some Summer Fun! For an aging loved one, summer
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By Carrie Saba – When was the last time you really looked around your house, office or car? Do you see a bunch of clutter
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By Penelope Lemov – I used to joke that senior year in high school was designed to make parents willing to part with their kids.
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By Cindy Laverty – Caregiving creeps up on us when we least expect it. We women are busy living our lives; working in careers, caring
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Post written by Leo Babauta, Post Shared by Southern New England WOMAN Magazine, http://www.snewoman.com/ Last night I had an amazing dinner with my wife Eva
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By Linda Menesez, M. S.W., L.C.S.W.– How do you see yourself? Do you judge yourself harshly – or with acceptance and pride? Does the way
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By Lori Latimer – Like many women, I was a wife and a mother most of my adult life. In 2008, my oldest son was
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By Dr. Marion Somers – With so many things to think about, it can be difficult to stay sane and organized throughout the caregiving process.
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By Laura Petherbridge – Father’s Day hasn’t always been an enjoyable experience for me. My parents divorced when I was 8 years old. Before they
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