Katy writes over at Midlife Rambler, exploring what life can be like when your children are grown and out of the nest. You can find more posts like this there. In 2004, in my early 40s and near the end of a long marriage that had turned wrong and sad for both people, I took …
I was driving down the road the other day and a snippet of “And I’m Telling You (I’m Not Going)” from Dreamgirls came on the radio and I sang along with all the gusto a person who can’t hit a single note in the song can give. I was transported back to the first time …
As a blogger, I read a lot of other blogs. I’m frequently amused, often inspired and occasionally humbled by what I read. And sometimes I’ll read a post and I’ll think, “Ninety-eight comments on this? I can write better than this! This person’s success should be mine, all mine!” What I won’t think is what …
I wrote a post on my blog a while ago about some of the ways I was actually wiser at 18 than I was when I supposedly “grew up”. But don’t be fooled, there were plenty of things that I’d like to go back and tell that carefree 18-year-old. With the wisdom I’ve developed over …
