Reflections: On being middle-aged 13 Articles

by Maureen Bordelon

Looking at my reflection in the mirror doesn't lend a visual picture of youth anymore, but yet the vitality is still there. I see who I've always seen, but yet the wrinkles weren't there just a moment ago. I noticed they a...read more

by Melody Hearndon

Middle age somehow sets its sights on you, and there's not a thing in this world that you can do to stop it. One day you're young and hip. The next day you're hoping you don't break a hip. It's so amazing that you made it ...read more

by Kathy Jolly

Over Forty and Loving It I am over forty now and rather than moan and whine about it, I have decided to embrace it and relish in it. I have a confidence that only comes with age and the "been there, done that" experienc...read more

by Teresa Small

Middle age creeps up and grabs a hold of you without warning. Mentally, I don't think I'll ever grow up, but my aching knees and sore muscles tell a different story. How did I get to be 50? I'll never know. What once s...read more

by Mary Costigan

Believe it or not there is still life in this middle-aged body of mine. I refuse to let a number dictate how I feel and what may or may not be appropriate behavior. Sure there are times when my body feels like it's ninety ...read more

by Samantha Pratt-Tyler

On Being Middle-Aged I look in the mirror, that can not be me, that face is too old for the me I think I am. Where did the time go? Only yesterday it seemed like I was a first time mother, now my children are 32 and...read more

by John Davis

This is an odd age, to say the least. My hair has migrated south, my eyes and mouth are showing lines I never had before, and I finally have a pretty firm grasp on the prized roles of husband and father. But then I start l...read more

by Paula Arnold

My Autumn I feel a change coming. Like an amber season rolling softly over me, leaving warm traces of time on my cheeks and well-being. I can definitely feel it. Not unfamiliar, a new and improved me, of sorts. A mo...read more

by Kathleen Richardson

I despair of ever convincing the world that wearing a bra pulls our breast up into positions they've not belonged in since adolescence. While we admire the slope of a ski run, the slope, or sag, of the female breast ages ...read more

by MJ Sharpe

Often heard is the adage, "age is but a number." Those who are fortunate enough to reach middle-age may have the thought even more than others that age is but a number. What they may realize is the mind does not make the d...read more

by Chabu Bowler

A couple of days ago, I got to thinking about some of the things I used to do. I used to fish. I would have some time in the summer to swim and golf. I would attend a baseball game once or twice a year. I'd play cribba...read more

by Lili Bell Raye

Oh,boy! I remember the moment I realized, "I'm middle-aged!" I still have a hard time believing it, but I know it's true. Trouble is, I don't feel middle-aged, or even close to it. It's funny how as you go through t...read more

by Magnolia Miller

HURRY UP OLD MAN! I'm embarrassed to say this was me about 20 years ago. Hard to believe that someone in their early thirties, which I was at the time, would be so impatient. But alas, I was. The man in question was ...read more