How I decided to take my family on a family volunteer trip to a Holler in West Virginia to celebrate my birthday. If you’ve ever read anything on my blog, you know this is the year I’m turning 50. For my husband’s 50th, a few years ago, we went on a family trip to South Africa. (You can read Continue Reading
Fifty Signs I’m Turning 50 this Year
The New Year is upon us once again. And while you may think of it as 2015, I think of it as "the Year I'm going to turn 50." Fifty!! How did that happen? Well, it took about fifty years. Luckily, with centenarians the fastest growing age group in the US, I can still call myself middle aged. But Continue Reading
Ten Unfair Things About Being 40-Something
If you scroll down to the bottom of my blog you'll see the line "If forty's the new thirty, someone forgot to tell my thighs." (and my uterus, but that's another story.) True, there was a time before penicillin, and indoor plumbing, and cosmetic surgery - when being in your forties meant you were Continue Reading