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11 Books I Loved in 2019
- November 19, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: books
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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
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Inspiration to Chase Your Dreams!
- August 12, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: empty nest
Finding a purpose after the kids leave home is one of the hottest topics in my Facebook group, The Empty Nesters Community. Over and over empty-nesters ask, “How do I find my purpose now that my kids are grown?” I had the opportunity to talk with 3 women who turned their empty-nest into the chance
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The Painful Paradox of Successful Parenting
- July 12, 2019
- Posted by: Sharon Greenthal
- Category: parenting
I’ve had conversations – both virtual and face-to-face – with thousands of parents (mostly moms) since I began writing about empty nesting and midlife in 2011. Those parents range from exhausted first-time mothers to joyous and celebrating empty nesters. Each mother has her own parenting story to tell, her unique experience to share, her child