WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Keeping My Soul Alive in Dark Times

There are too many mornings when I wake up with a heaviness.  Sometimes it’s the weight of the world. Sometimes it’s the accumulation of years, recognizing there is less time ahead of me than behind me. I have been an activist [...]

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My Imperfect Role Models

In  interviews to promote her new biography, Becoming, Michelle Obama lavishly praises the strong role models offered by her mother, grandmother and aunt.  They seem perfect. When I reflect on the women in my family who came before me I have mixed feelings.  My paternal grandmother had a shrill tongue; Aunt Anne was a heavy drinker; Aunt [...]

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