Tag: Midlife
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Midlife and Expiration Dates

Just before I sat down to blog today, I had to grab a cup of coffee. Usually we have half n half on hand but not today! I was (as any coffee addict would) about to have a panic attack. Then I spied a half gallon of fat free milk. Winner Winner! Until I noticed…
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Just Running to the Store – Guest Post by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley

I spent the morning concocting homemade salsa for my famous fish tacos. After chopping up tomatoes, peppers and a portion of my left thumb, all that stood between me and an Iron Chef award was cheese. Sighing, I threw on my lawn-mowing shoes from the garage steps and resigned myself to that special hell known…
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Ladies, Stop Trying to Have it All!

We’ve been taught all our lives that women can have it all. I call BS. We need to stop telling our daughters the same thing. Now hear me out before you start judging me and call me anti-feminist and shame me in my own blog comments. I hear it all the time. I see it…
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Midlife Crisis or Midlife Breakthrough?

According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, A Midlife Crisis is defined as: : a period of emotional turmoil in middle age characterized especially by a strong desire for change Well damn. Emotional Turmoil, Desire for Change. Yep. That just about covers it. Almost. I started this blog when I hit midlife and the kids were just about…
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Why Do We Still Dream About Our High School Locker?

Is it a dream or nightmare? I’ve been out of high school for many years and I still have that dream. You know the one, where we can’t get our locker open or we can’t remember which class we are supposed to go to and we are extremely late for class as it is. I…