Women After 50, What’s Next: Joyce’s Story
With her youngest moved away, Joyce navigates the empty nest and her new course.
Airports and Air Travel After Fifty: Marcia’s Pro Tip
How a woman over fifty won over the gate agent and got the flight she wanted (and more)
Remembering The 70’s After 50: Brenda’s Story
After 50 with 5 kids, Brenda remembers the 70’s and how she “picked up” a zero population brochure.
Nose to Nose With Jimmy Durante In The 60’s: Dede’s Claim To Fame
In the 60’s, Dede got to rub noses with Jimmy Durante, thanks to her step granddad who, at last, came through; maybe.
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Chapter 4. Challenges and CelebrationsThose times were BP, Before Penicillin, and there were a number of serious childhood illnesses, which were expected for most children, like rites of passage. I only know from being told that my first severe illness, which had to have included some pain, was a kidney infection when I was just a baby. I don’t know how this was treated, but the after-effects would follow me into my teens due to my mother’s lifelong concern for my plumbing […]
Chapter 3. Coping With Change1943 – The shelves in German stores may have […]