When life gives us lemons, we just have to make ourselves some sweet lemonade. Here you’ll find our musings, pearls of wisdom, and personal stories to guide you through life’s passages. Explore how to embrace your beauty with style, discover new adventures, navigate the nuances of relationships, pull back the curtain to deal with life changes, and resonate with the reflections of other women. 

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As women, not just over 50, but for most of our lives, we were taught that we needed to look and act a certain way in order to be “lady like.” And depending on the type of woman you are, it may not have ever bothered you not to challenge the status quo. But darlings, […]

Going Grey With True Grace

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Going Grey With True Grace

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  Every night, in the middle of the night, I quietly reach for and open my laptop, sit up in our bed to answer all of your warm words and questions. I click into my comment section on my website and then I go to Facebook and reply to all of you, my sisters all […]

Sisters All Over The World

Passages After 50

sisters all over the world

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I was asked to answer four questions and write an essay for Chicago Woman Magazine after being chosen as one of Chicago’s 50 Fierce outstanding women over 50. I turned to my dictionary, hoping to find a positive definition. I could not put myself into the fierceness category. The dictionary definition read, “Having or displaying an […]

What Makes Me Fierce

Passages After 50

what makes me fierce

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I want to talk about style, do you? Seriously, I’d love to know at this stage in our lives how important style is to you? For me, style is everything in the sense that it represents how I live, what I do, how I treat others, and much more. I am not speaking just of […]

STYLE! And, a Facebook LIVE event.

Style

Image of a woman with gray hair looking over her shoulder seated at a table, with a rye smile and red lipstick knowing how to find strength in the unknown.

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“You can be young without money, but you cannot be old without it.” ~Tennesse Williams When it comes to spending money, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. I really am using the phrase tongue in cheek because money is security, and financial security is what every woman over 50 needs. Money becomes […]

Smart Money Choices To Help You Bloom

Passages After 50

Making Smart Money Choices

Many women over 50 do. I have found, the key to feeling relevant, important, and VISIBLE lies within you. I hope my free eBook will help you rediscover your purpose, and see the value that I so clearly see in you. 

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