Watching re-runs of the TV series Medium, little did I realize I was tuning into my past life in a new way. Like diving through an unexpected wormhole, I was back in the early 70’s with The Rolling Stones, President Jimmy Carter, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wayward wife, Margaret. What does a [...]
It’s a Mother of an evolution! Join us as we launch the first online community dedicated to women having children after 40—A CHILD AFTER 40. When you find yourself surrounded by young “yummy mummies” or Stepford moms under 35—in the prenatal clinic or on the playground—you’ve now got a place to hang your bell bottoms [...]
In search of support for A Child After 40–the campaign to empower women on the journey of midlife motherhood–I found an opinion piece published in the LA Times on 31st March, 2011, entitled “Debate: Are children better off with older mothers?”. (See link below.) It brought home how much the world at large really doesn’t [...]
It’s a mother of an evolution—launching Mothers’ Day 2011. If you’re on a journey of motherhood after 40—whether via natural fertility, IVF, egg donation, surrogacy, adoption, or you’re parenting in progress—it’s your time to stand up and be counted. On May 8th, we invite all women who have become mothers after 40—along with those who [...]
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 [...]
Over two years ago, Jodi Boswell asked her 50-year-old “bachelor boyfriend”—whom she doubted would be interested in family life—to lie down so she could break some news to him. (See links below for info on Mother’s Day campaign and gift shirts.) “We had a big surprise” says Jodi, “I became pregnant at 45”. In fact, [...]
Our medley of stories would not be complete without the ‘little sister’ of the midlife motherhood sorority. (See links below for info on Mother’s Day campaign and gift shirts.) Michele Moyer had her two children in her late thirties after a long journey through fertility treatments and finds herself parenting a toddler and a kindergartener [...]
Welcome to the launch of the first campaign to raise awareness of the truth about motherhood after 40 and to dispel many of the negative stereotypes associated with older mothers. (See links below for Mother’s Day campaign info and gift shirts.) For the next three weeks—until Mother’s Day on May 9th 2010—we will be posting [...]
When it comes to baby and child safety, I’m certain that over-40 moms reinvented the hamster wheel of eternal paranoia. When my son was born just before I turned 42, I was so protective he could have moonlighted as the understudy for The Boy In The Plastic Bubble (with John Travolta, 1976) over the ensuing [...]
Only last week, Flower Power Mom announced plans for Celebrating Midlife Mother’s Day 2010—a campaign launching on 11th April to 9th May (Mother’s Day) aiming to relieve stigma and highlight the unique gifts of wisdom, strength, and truth of over-40 moms. Since then, momentum for the project has shot forward like greased pablum off a [...]
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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Read about Angel's CNN debate on Kelly Preston's pregancy.
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