Last month, the announcement that Kristine Casey gave birth to her own grandson at 61 had media headlines flashing like neon in the red light district. But what about the grandmas who are in it for the long run? Sylvia Butler—a Special Education teacher from Greene County, Tennessee, who spent most of her childhood in [...]
When it was announced Elton John had become a father at 62 on Christmas day, I shot back in time to being 12 years old, the year his magnum opus, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, was released. Just like then, I knew that—once again—Elton had created a new historical reality for a bemused public to ponder. [...]
Since posting Don’t Call Me Grandma! last month, I’ve learned that being mistaken for “the grandmother” can be a red-hot button for older mothers. Now, more readers and experts are weighing in on this emotional issue. Don’t Call Me Grandma! drew more frustrated, hurt—and often angry—comments at the end of the article, and in all [...]
Constant speculation about the role egg donation might have played in Kelly Preston’s pregnancy gives new life to the old chestnut: Do real moms use donor eggs? It’s also given birth to an idea. I’ll be re-launching a special selection of Flower Power Mom’s blog article playlist from earlier this year, dealing with some of [...]
Megan Antlfinger, a 50-year-old Fitness Trainer from Milwaukee, WI, who gave birth to two children after 40, has a strong message for later life mothers—and a new spin on the old saying: “You’re as young as you feel.” Having once worked with the Milwaukee Brewers and Olympic speed skaters Dan Jansen and Bonnie Blair in [...]
I’ve been away for a while. Labor Day weekend visitors—combined with the usual family “crisis of the day”, as we call it—nearly wiped my existence off the blogging map. I’m beginning to realize that later life parenting is all about serial hurdle-jumping, while trying to cram in some personal activity that vaguely re-asserts an identity [...]
In an ever-escalating media fascination with anomalies of maternal age, it seems India has been unofficially chosen to host the 2010 contest for the oldest lady with the most babies. Of course, unlike the Olympics, there aren’t any nations noticeably jumping up and down screaming “Pick me! Pick me!” to get selected—mostly because it appears [...]
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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