Archive for May, 2008

A Place for Mom

Posted on 30. May, 2008 by Karen.

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Have you ever had to look for a home for your aging parent?  It’s a job no child wants to tackle.  We’ve always thought of our parents as being “in charge” and then sometime during midlife the tables start to turn.  It may happen all of a sudden or gradually but many of us in the Boomer [...]

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Some Changes at Midlife’s A Trip

Posted on 28. May, 2008 by Karen.

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For the regular readers at Midlife’s A Trip, you may notice some changes here this week.  With the help of website guru Tammy Pereira, we have merged my life coaching website and blog.  It’s all a Wordpress platform with the new Revolution theme.  The site comes up on my new coaching homepage.  But to make the [...]

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The Bat — Lessons from the Universe

Posted on 28. May, 2008 by Karen.

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Have you ever had a situation keep coming up over and over again in your life.  Maybe it’s a relationship with the same kind of wrong person.  Or a the same issue coming up again and again in your work life.  Now you may think this sounds kind of hokey but consider that a pattern of dealing [...]

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A Gift for Madeleine

Posted on 27. May, 2008 by Karen.

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Have you ever had someone cheer you on in life — to let let know how great you are?  If you have, you’ll remember what a great feeling it is.  Acknowledgment isn’t just about recognizing someones success doing a task or taking some action.  It’s about appreciating them for how they show up — with [...]

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Lest We Forget

Posted on 26. May, 2008 by Karen.

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As I get ready to fire up the grill and throw the burgers and hot dogs on, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the reason why we celebrate Memorial Day. The picture below says it all. I just hope we get the point soon that there are enough white crosses [...]

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Choices

Posted on 23. May, 2008 by Karen.

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Several weeks ago on a great sunny Saturday afternoon, I went to the zoo with my sister and 4 year old niece, “the Peanut”. The plan was to let the Peanut hang out at the play-scape for a while and then see the animals. Nice and simple. Not.
The Peanut didn’t want [...]

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Thoughts on the Big 5-0

Posted on 21. May, 2008 by Karen.

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I’ve been thinking about birthdays lately, in part because mine is coming up in a couple of weeks. And no, I’m not turning 50 — been there, done that. But I have a number of friends who are facing that mega birthday of midlife.
One of them is my longtime friend Marva who [...]

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What Fresh Hell Is This? — A 10 Year War in Iraq

Posted on 16. May, 2008 by Karen.

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“What fresh hell is this” when a political candidate promises to get us out of the war we’ve already been in for 5 years — in another 5 years. Yesterday John McCain offered his vision of the end of the war in Iraq. According to McCain he sees us completely out of Iraq [...]

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Best Friends

Posted on 15. May, 2008 by Karen.

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Have any of you ever had a best friend — that person who knows you better than anyone else and who loves you unconditionally, flaws and all? The person who shares the ups and downs with you and never complains when you don’t always get the lesson that life is offering? The person [...]

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Mother’s Day for Peace

Posted on 11. May, 2008 by Karen.

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I remember from my childhood that the mothers in our neighborhood didn’t just mother their own children but all of us. Those mothers, like many others, saw their role as reaching beyond the boundaries of family. They knew intuitively–somehow, someway–that it truly “takes a village to raise a child”.
As we gather with our [...]

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Let’s Get Together Soon

Posted on 09. May, 2008 by Karen.

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“Let’s get together soon.” I can’t even remember how many times I’ve said this to family and friends with all good intentions of actually getting together. And then we don’t. Has this ever happened to you?
This week some of those vague promises of “getting together” have turned into wonderful reality. For [...]

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The Coach’s Coach — From Doormat to Diva

Posted on 04. May, 2008 by Karen.

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One of the major stops on my midlife trip has been becoming a professional life coach. Yes I know, some of you are wondering what the heck that is.
Well, a life coach helps you turn your dreams into reality — basically get from where you are to where you want to be. An amazing part [...]

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Join “Commentmania” on the Best and Worst of Midlife

Posted on 01. May, 2008 by Karen.

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Today is “commentmania” at Midlife’s A Trip. I know there are a number of you who visit regularly, even daily and I’d love to hear from you because sometimes I feel alone here on the page. So would you leave a little comment to this post– maybe your age, where [...]

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