By Madelyn Cain, author of “The Childless Revolution, What It Means to Be Childless Today” (Perseus) and “First Time Mothers, Last Chance Babies” (New Horizon Press). In a million years, I will never regret giving birth to my much-wanted daughter at age 39. My husband never regretted it either, and he became her father at [...]
By Pamela Ferdinand, journalist and co-author with Carey Goldberg and Beth Jones of “Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood” (Little, Brown & Co.) I’m 46, a mother of two, and I’m getting married to the father of my children in less [...]
They say falling in love is for the young. I heartily (pun intended) disagree. The whole notion of Love being a province where cherubic cupids take aim with arrows of outrageous infatuation at the innocent youth is an archetypical illusion. Love—true love—is for the old. Why? Because—far from sitting on the sidelines of meaningful relationships [...]
Given the recent announcement that a geriatric Hugh Hefner has just loosened the leash on his lounging gown to receive yet another nubile young wife, one wonders if more than love is in the air. Is Hef out to reclaim his reputation for virility at 84 by fathering a baby bunny or two? Suspicions have [...]
When I woke up today—on the morning of my 50th birthday—there were two things on my mind: the theme music to Hawaii Five-O and the vision that, physically at least, the journey is all downhill from here, with me riding the brakes all the way. Over coffee, Frank told me that we were taking a [...]
When it comes to striking at the heart of motherhood after 40, I think I’ve just Babe-Ruthed it out of the ballpark. I’ve discovered my own version of what Emeril Legasse refers to as “the essence”, along with the title of the book I’m now going to write. Sex, Diapers and Menopause: Surviving motherhood after [...]
In my youth, I was awarded the title “The Writer Who Doesn’t Write” because—although many felt I had the talent—I could not find my voice. It took over four decades, but birthing my children at nearly 42 and 45 opened my consciousness with the force of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. My passion poured forth, [...]
When mom-blogger Kathy Sprinkle (nee Funke) put an ad on Craig’s List back in 2006 while still in her early 40s, seeking a man who would “woo and wow” her “forever”, she was hardly expecting to hit pay dirt. After all, it was just supposed to be a “conversation starter”. Prior to that, Kathy Sprinkle [...]
My 4-year-old daughter is fond of ‘warning’ signs these days. In fact, she’s obsessed with them. I wish they’d put one on the Pandora’s box of Flower Power Mom. One that said: “Warning! This experience is not for the faint-hearted.” The journey from the idea of Flower Power Mom (FPM), to launching it six months [...]
Until recently, I thought Kevin Costner’s 1999 film, Message in A Bottle—about a newspaper researcher who finds a mysterious love letter in a bottle on the coast of Cape Cod—was a saccharine-pink dollop of emotional comfort-goo for 30+ aged gals home alone on a Saturday night. Then, a few weeks ago, an anonymous American blogger—let’s [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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