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I'm a late blooming mom of three. I didn't marry or have my children until I was in my mid-thirties. I had my last child at 43 and I am now in my early fifties.

The is the best time of life for me. I had always heard that the fifties were the golden years.

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Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Lessons in life: 9 of 126

If you live long enough, you discover that life has a way of teaching you its lessons, whether you want to learn them or not; and never is this more apparent than when one reaches middle-age. Call it maturity, call it wisdom or just call it plain paranoia that your life has flown by faster than you can keep up with. But the ...
Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) Are we destined to repeat the same mistakes over and over?: 1 of 14

Though we would all like to believe that we are not destined to repeat mistakes over and over again, chances are, without a knowledge of what it is that compels us to behave in certain ways in the first place, we will likely repeat patterns of behavior that bring about negative or undesirable consequences, despite the fact t...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Real life heroes: 12 of 163

Young or old, middle-aged or no, we all have had people in our lives who have influenced us, shaped us, directed us and helped define who we are. There have been those who have lifted us up. There have been those who have held us down. There have been those who have guided us and there have been those who have pushed us. And...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Giving birth: 3 of 29

I gave birth to my first child at the age of 34. Many of my friends had teenagers by then and some were even grandparents. But not me. I had been far too busy skipping the light fandango and livin' la vida loca to concern myself with such familial undertakings. Not to mention, I was far too self-centered, immature and still ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Friendship: 2 of 14

I'm not sure exactly when it happened. When elastic and I became friends that is. But, I think it was some time in my 40's. Or maybe it was somewhere between a size 12 and 14. I had always heard about elastic. In fact, we even had mutual friends. They always said how much they loved elastic. How comfortable the friendship wa...
Entertainment > Celebrities (Other) Lindsay Lohan's self-destructive ways: 3 of 17

I'm a self professed trash TV and online gossip site junky. I read a lot about those crazy celebrities and their wacky lives. I've also been known to watch the occasional E! True Hollywood Story. It's a nasty and unseemly habit, all of this celebrity ogling, I'll confess, and I probably shouldn't spend so much of my time ind...
Entertainment > Celebrities (Other) Strange names for babies with celebrity parents: 3 of 16

Well, it's true. Good things really do come to those who wait. It has just been too quiet lately. Hollywood has been chugging along all "normal" and everything and it has been tough finding something to say about those whacky celebrities. But, just when I was beginning to think I was going to have to make something up - BAM!...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: People we miss: 14 of 74

She was seventy-five. I was thirty. Though she was not my grandmother or my mother, she was indeed a grandmother and a mother. She was elderly, but she certainly was not old. In fact, for a woman of seventy-five, I often marveled at the vim and vigor she displayed in living her life, even exuding a lusty sensuality that I, a...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Shopping at the grocery store: 11 of 50

Shopping: simply mention the word and women everywhere rise like a phoenix from the ashes. It's true. Retail therapy has done more to raise the collective consciousness and improve the self-esteem of modern women, than Oprah, Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew combined. I mean, let's face it, who needs Prozac when there are credit cards,...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Death of a sibling: 6 of 19

I wasn't particularly close to my sister. In fact, our lives together had been wrought with strife, misunderstandings, disagreements and downright disgust with one another. At the time of her death we couldn't have been more estranged. Though I had spoken with her about 3 months prior, I didn't have the emotional energy or s...