This is my first Mother's Day without my mom. She was a very special person in my life and left me and my sister N when she passed away just short of two months ago on March 13th. She was 91 years old and lived a very full life. But,...

"You seem to be very tense," said my esthetician, D, this afternoon as she prepared to massage my upper body. "Your neck and shoulders are extremely tight. Are you stressed?" she asked.

"I've just arrived back from a business trip where I was attending a three-day meeting and have been...

Last week in yoga class, my Zen card said "body care." I wondered if it was trying to tell me something. Am I not listening to the signs of stress that are all around me? As a member of the sandwich generation, worrying about my adult kids (I'm a mom...

I loved Gail Collin's Op-Ed in the New York Times last week. "Take A Bow, H.C." was the title and it was all about Hillary Clinton and her retirement from her role as Secretary of State. Like Gail, I've followed Hillary's career from First Lady, to Senator of...

The nest was full this past week with my two adult children, my daughter A and my son D as they arrived from the big city to visit with me in the suburbs. I was so pleased to have them home...to enjoy their company and to "break bread" with those...

"What are you going to do about your mother?" said the social worker at the rehab center. "You know she cannot live alone anymore." My mom was 89 years old and had gone to rehab after a fall and an all-night stay in the bathroom due to her lack of...

"What should I make for dinner this weekend?" I asked my kids after they told me they were leaving NYC tomorrow afternoon to spend the weekend in the warmth of their mama's home in Southern New Jersey. Both my daughter, A, and son, D, have been living without the bare...

"I don't believe in therapy anymore, I just go get a blow dry at the hairdresser," said writer Delia Ephron at the Pennsylvania Governor's Conference for Women held at the Convention Center earlier this month in Philadelphia. Delia spoke at a session titled "Finding The Courage To Choose A Different...

Fashion Week in NYC is over, fall has officially arrived and the month of September will soon be behind us as well. ( I just threw out my summer flowerpot and put out my mums - which btw are already wilting). Next week will be the first week of October...

I ordered a copy of The Late Show -- A Semiwild but Practical Survival Plan for Women Over 50 in tribute to the late Helen Gurley Brown, who passed away this month. I figured since she lived to 90 and was the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine for umpteen years, I...

I enjoyed the session on "Blogging Into MidLife: The Tension Between the Online Spotlight and Offline Invisibility" which was held at BlogHer '12 earlier this month. It was nice to see some boomer girls on the podium and in the audience. There was a full crowd and we...

When the publicist for Master Class: Living Longer, Stronger, and Happier sent an advance copy of Peter Spiers' new book to me, I knew it would jump to the top of my pile. After reading the first few chapters, I was hooked. "I want to be a Master...

Today would have been my late husband M's 61st birthday. So much has changed since he passed away almost five years ago, especially our son D, who graduated from college last month, got a job in NYC and moved into Manhattan on Saturday.

"We missed the exit to the Lincoln...

Last Wednesday will go down as one of the best days of my life. My son D, my baby boy who I gave birth to 22 years ago this week, graduated from college. Yes, he did. He did it and he did it well. While some on either side of...

My sister N and I spent this past weekend in Flo-ree-da visiting my mom. It was a joyous time. We ate well, we slept late each morning, we read the Sunday New York Times by the pool and soaked in plenty of rays during four glorious days of brilliant sunshine....

"You look good," said my cardiologist, Dr. P., as she entered the examining room for my annual check up today. "You haven't gained a pound since last year." (That was because I took off my shoes when I went on the scale for my weigh in. I also dressed light,...

I ushered in the first day of Spring this week by buying some yellow tulips for my office. It's also time to do my annual spring shopping.

That's why this weekend I made sure to read up on all the spring fashion trends. I finished the March issue of...

Everything I eat seems to be going to my hips. Ah yes, and to my stomach too. Perhaps my middle age middle is acting up again.

No matter what I do. No matter what I eat. (Okay, I have been eating too much dark chocolate. My boyfriend L really...

Last month, I celebrated my 54th birthday. Maybe that's why when I heard about the Age of Opportunity study from The Hartford and MIT AgeLab, I was eager to hear the findings. The study measured the opinions and concerns of Americans both in and...

As I get ready to honor the anniversary of my husband's passing, I've been thinking about all the years gone by, yet also thinking about the exciting years to come.

It's been four years since M. departed and left me to fend for myself after almost 25 years of marriage.