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The Golden Age of 58
- January 23, 2020
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: midlife
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On a girls’ getaway (“girls” may be a questionable description of us) with 3 of my oldest and closest friends, I confessed that I was feeling a little confused about my upcoming 58th birthday. We were on our umpteenth trip together and staying at one of my friend’s condo on the beach. These are my
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Once Your Kids Are Grown, Don’t Do This
- January 9, 2020
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: parenting
Every parent screws up. Every parent makes big mistakes, little errors, bad choices and uses poor judgment. Every mother has yelled at her kids in the grocery store, and every dad has lost his temper when his children talk back. Every family focuses on the wrong things sometimes, ignoring the good when the bad overwhelms.
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11 Books I Loved in 2019
- November 19, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: books
Books, books, books. It used to be easy for me to get engrossed in stories. I would pick up a book and read it, not distracted by the Internet, the news, my phone or any other shiny objects. All I needed was a book. Now, in my middle-age years, my patience for ordinary books has
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Maybe You Can Call Me Granny Someday
- November 11, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: family, midlife
My grandmother lived to be 98 years old. For 23 years, there were four generations of us on my mother’s side of the family, until I was 50. We did not take this lightly–in fact, my grandmother, being the attention-loving person that she was, would gladly share this fact with anyone, any place we went.
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14 Memorable Books with Midlife Protagonists
- November 4, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: books, midlife
Reading has been a lifelong passion of mine, and I was happy to put together this list of books for the midlife-focused website, Considerable.com. I hope you’ll find something new to read, and if you enjoy, please share this list with your friends! 14 Memorable Books with Midlife Protagonists
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What’s it Like for a Dad to Have a Baby After 50?
- October 28, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: Uncategorized
I’m very happy to have my article, Becoming a Father for the First Time After 50, on AARP’s Disrupt Aging website. It was inspired by one of the men I interviewed, R.J. Cutler, who is a friend I’ve known since elementary school. I hope you’ll click through to read!
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How Your Budget Changes in the Empty Nest
- September 22, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: empty nest
This is a sponsored post Raising my children was expensive. Really, really expensive. I am sure every parent who raised their kids in the last 50 years would say the same thing. It costs so much money to get a child from 0-18 and then, even after you’re in the empty nest, you may be
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Tips to Downsize When the Kids Go Off to College
- September 9, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: empty nest
You’ve done it! You’ve ushered your children through their formative years and now they’ve flown the coop. As you sit back and take a moment to enjoy the quiet of a kid-less house or take some time to mourn the loss of a significant chapter, try to think forward. For the past 18+ years, your
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I’m In a Book! “Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults.”
- September 2, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: empty nest
When I started blogging in 2011, I knew no one who blogged. I was naive, clueless, and completely unaware of the many skills and tools that I would need to learn to find any level of success or fulfillment in the blogosphere. One of the first things I did was join Facebook groups where I
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The Exact – and Estimated – Numbers in a 30 Year Marriage
- August 31, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: marriage
Happy anniversary to my husband and me. Thirty years is a long time! 1 wedding2 babies3 houses6 dogs15 cars360 mortgage paymentsWe lost2 fathers1 grandfather4 grandmothers We gained4 nieces3 nephews1 bonus father 4 dining tables7 sofas20,000 cups of coffee300 meatloaves500 pans of brownies116 birthday cakes900 barbecued burgers1500 ears of corn7,000 cut-up apples5,000 packed lunches8,000 loads of