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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman [...]

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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman I was awakened as a  result of living through the Viet Nam war and the second wave of Feminism. As the Viet [...]

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Motherhood Revisited

GUEST POST by LISA SAVAGE Yesterday I read a  novel that took me back to the fierce experience of becoming a mother under late-stage capitalism. Claire Kilroy perfectly captures the despair and precarious state of infant mothers where there is no mothering for them. The protagonist of SOLDIER SAILOR is at the end of her rope and very nearly [...]

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A Newfound Freedom

More and more older women are discovering a new voice: one that embraces a newfound freedom. Sharon Blackie, author of  Hagitude,  contends that women tend to lose their inhibitions as they age.  Aging often ushers in a new confidence.  Many older women describe themselves as not the same person they were 20 or 30 years ago. Living through [...]

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Whom to Remember on Mother’s Day

I propose that we enlarge Mother’s Day to honor not just our biological mothers but our spiritual mothers as well.  They are the teachers, neighbors, aunts, family friends and others whose generosity of spirit left an indelible impression on our younger selves. Often these women didn’t have their own children but lovingly nurtured and [...]

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Courage Reimagined

The story of women journalists in Gaza requires a new definition of courage.  Many of these women are under 30.  Several are young mothers.  Daily they risk their lives to document the horrors of the escalating genocide in Gaza.  Last year, Israeli bombs killed five women journalists in 24 hours. It’s difficult for most Westerners to [...]

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Missing Meaningful Connections?

I feel sad and misunderstood among family and friends who dismiss my deep despair over the genocide in Gaza. Several friends are down in the dumps over their disconnections with adult children, who hold grudges against them, or who simply don’t make time for them. Thousands of Americans are angry over Trump’s cuts to essential living benefits, [...]

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Home Alone

If you live alone, if your family is scattered far and wide, if you recently lost a partner or spouse, if you can’t afford the plane fare to visit family or to enjoy a holiday escape, you may be feeling miserable and lonely, making you a prime candidate for the holiday blues.  No one wants to feel left out, but don’t fall prey to [...]

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Admit!  Adapt!  Adjust!  Accept!

GUEST POST by MARY LOU SMITH I will be turning eighty-five in January.  I work hard trying to admit, adjust, adapt, and accept what I can do. Easier said than done at times! I am an independent, active, creative and compassionate woman who left a forty-three-year abusive marriage in 2005 at the age of sixty-five. I have never looked back. [...]

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