Tag Archives: Baby Boomers
What A Midlife Crisis Feels Like
Posted on 11. Nov, 2008 by Karen.
In the next hour I will be at my aunt’s funeral. Aunt Hazel died last Friday at 79. And to be honest, I can’t imagine the world without her. My earliest memories of her are of a loving woman who always said what she meant and meant what she said. “No nonsense” was her mantra. [...]
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Lipstick Was My Favorite Halloween Costume
Posted on 31. Oct, 2008 by Karen.
I know it sounds weird but lipstick was my favorite Halloween costume. I didn’t care what I dressed up as that day as long as lipstick was involved. Remember, I grew up during the 50’s when the standard, at least what I saw on my friends’ mothers and women in the movies was really, really, really RED lipstick. And [...]
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Being Big Sister
Posted on 30. Oct, 2008 by Karen.
This week I had to pull rank on my sister. She’s the one I refer to as “Meno Mom”, the mother of the now infamous Peanut, my 4 year old niece. Meno Mom has become a wonderful caregiver in midlife. She’s a single mom raising the Peanut and is infinitely patient and loving with my mother [...]
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