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.
A New Lifestyle with Widowhood As a woman over 50, when you find yourself alone and adjusting to a new and unwanted lifestyle, it can be a traumatic experience. Whether your great loss is due to a divorce or widowhood, it is hard to transition from coupledom to singlehood. We all face adversity in this […]
Truth be told, like all of you, I am thankful for everything! I am thankful for my mistakes, my self-inflicted punishments, my surprise accomplishments, the joy in watching a sunrise, the stars in the sky, my ability to forgive, my love of nature and my curious mind, my lack of fear to test all […]
In honor of National Grief Awareness Day, here is my story about how I survived the loss of my first husband, Michael. My first experience with death and mourning occurred with the untimely death of my late husband, Michael. Losing a soul mate was debilitating. I can best describe myself as shattered and shocked. One day I […]
Life in Elsewhere Life in Elsewhere is stressing me to the nines. My children and most of my grandchildren except for three are also upset. I guess in Elsewhere, 3 out of 26 is a good sign. One of my children cannot sleep at night. Three of my grandchildren grew up in the California school […]
Darlings, I hope you are all trying very hard to cope with the uncertainty we are all experiencing day in and day out. Outside of our personal problems, we have been dealing with 40+ days of a worldwide pandemic. COVID-19 has knocked on every door in the world. We are isolated from family, friends, and […]