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Who My Mother Was When She Wasn't My Mom

Monica Bielanko | Posted 05.20.2013 | Women
Monica Bielanko

Moms have a way of settling their features into Mom Face when their children are around. But have you ever glimpsed your mom when she didn't know you were watching? The mask of motherhood slips away revealing the raw expression of the woman she was before you came along.

Remembering Old Blue Eyes On The Anniversary Of His Death

Sharon Greenthal | Posted 05.14.2013 | Fifty
Sharon Greenthal

From "Young at Heart" to "The Way You Look Tonight," "Love and Marriage" to "My Funny Valentine," there was a song for every mood, every time of day, every event. I, like a million girls before me and a million since, fell in love with Sinatra through his voice, and what a voice it is.

The Pope of America's Greatest Pastime

Judith Natelli McLaughlin | Posted 05.09.2013 | Fifty
Judith Natelli McLaughlin

There is a rhythm to the baseball season that fits neatly into the lives of devoted fans of the game. It is nearly religious. Just as you can count on Easter Sunday, Yom Kippur and Kwanzaa popping up on your calendar, you can also count on pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training.

10 Dates That Will Make You Feel Like A Kid Again

HowAboutWe | Posted 05.06.2013 | Weddings
HowAboutWe

Nothing tugs at the heartstrings quite like a little nostalgia.

Why I'll Never Forget The Concerts Of My Youth

Al DeLuise | Posted 05.03.2013 | Fifty
Al DeLuise

I have been to a few concerts in my life, but for some reason something always went wrong. I once stood on a ledge outside the mezzanine section in Madison Square Garden to watch Bob Seger. I hovered there, my right arm locked around the railing, as I listened to the music and tried very hard not to fall to my death into the crowd below.

Planting the Seeds of Story in a Future Memoir Writer

Linda Joy Myers, Ph. D. | Posted 04.26.2013 | Fifty
Linda Joy Myers, Ph. D.

Blanche is so old that she knows everything. The heat of the June day rises up from the land. Everything smells like fresh air and earth, black and loamy. The strawberries are ripe, like red buttons beneath green leaves.

6 Things To Make You Feel Like A Kid Again

Judith Natelli McLaughlin | Posted 04.24.2013 | Fifty
Judith Natelli McLaughlin

Enough already! You are stressed out. Overworked. Underpaid. And buried under your day-to-day life. Sure, you could practice yoga, try to eat healthier and learn to rest more. But how about, for one brief moment, recapturing your youth. For me, these six things do the trick.

Why Cycling Is Not Nearly As Much Fun As It Used To Be

Lisa K. Friedman | Posted 04.23.2013 | Fifty
Lisa K. Friedman

Seems you can't drive a mile on any main road without almost running over a guy in a unitard riding a bicycle. I don't have anything against this activity. In fact, I used to love biking. Of course, things were different then.

PIC: Queen Elizabeth Like You've Never Seen Her Before

The Huffington Post | Lauren Leibowitz | Posted 04.21.2013 | Style

Queens: They're just like us! Before Queen Elizabeth II was busy running Great Britain, she was just a little girl, you know. In honor of Her Majesty'...

Biting Into Me: Food's Role in Identity and Connection

Maurice Tracy | Posted 04.18.2013 | Taste
Maurice Tracy

I took another bite, and I swear I felt my grandmother's hands, heard Arkansas grass swaying in the wind, and saw people wearily reaching their shacks after time spent in the fields. I was biting into me. And I tasted good.

My Own Educational Exchange Trip: Cuba or the Danube-a?

Randee Mia Berman | Posted 04.18.2013 | Travel
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Randee Mia Berman

When I heard rumors about Jay-Z and Beyonce heading to Cuba, I was feeling pretty confident about my trendy choice to go that way. But then I bagged Cuba, and booked a flight to Vienna, Austria, home of the Lipizzaner stallions and Wienerschnitzel.

The Good Reason I Don't Want To Recycle Anymore

Judith Natelli McLaughlin | Posted 04.16.2013 | Fifty
Judith Natelli McLaughlin

I grew up in the 1970s. I didn't wear a bike helmet. I didn't even own a bike helmet. I am not certain if manufacturers made them for my type of social, local biking. I biked all over town, helmet-free, hair blowing in the wind, thinking nothing of it.

Remembering Annette...

Denise Bostrom | Posted 04.15.2013 | Fifty
Denise Bostrom

When I was 5 years old and saw Annette Funicello dance on the "Mickey Mouse Club," I felt as if I were witnessing perfection. Even viewed on my family's boxy, black and white television, she was like a goddess.

You Can't Go Home Again, But You Can Make Yourself Your Home

Vivian Norris | Posted 04.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Vivian Norris

A recent wave of nostalgia accompanied by trips back "home", have had me pondering why we sometimes think that what we left behind might contain somet...

A Third Child

Lindsey Mead | Posted 04.10.2013 | Parents
Lindsey Mead

I want to feel again that gasping, outrageous miracle of small feet pushing up into my ribs, to sense something somersaulting inside my body, to surrender once more to the incandescent pain of birthing a baby. But all of that is because I don't want this to be over.

The Moment That Brought Last Summer Rushing Back

Serge Bielanko | Posted 04.10.2013 | Parents
Serge Bielanko

These kids of mine, of ours, they are our life's work and in a lot of ways they are traveling due East or due West from us even as we stand there, running our fingers through their freshly shampooed hair.

How My Career As A Flirt Began

Tom Cramer | Posted 04.08.2013 | Fifty
Tom Cramer

Looking at the calendar, it's already spring. Yet the calendar is irrelevant here in Chicago, as it offers no help in predicting the arrival of warmer weather. In fact, I acknowledge the arrival of the season the same way every year. Like magic, a day comes when the streets and sidewalks seem to be overflowing with beautiful women wearing shorts, skirts or dresses.

Why This Driver Won't Ever Let Dogs In His Car

Al DeLuise | Posted 04.02.2013 | Fifty
Al DeLuise

I have been in three major car accidents in my life -- two of my own making and a passenger in the third. Having survived all three I have always felt that I am not going to die in one -- I just hope God doesn't take that as a challenge. This is the story of the first one.

Letting Go Of The Rope

Denise Vivaldo | Posted 03.27.2013 | Women
Denise Vivaldo

A skier in the water is supposed to hold up a ski, but I didn't have that option. I just couldn't let go of the rope. And when my father asked me why, I said, "Daddy, I had to try!"

Why I Still Need The Costumes In The Closet

Allison Tate | Posted 05.21.2013 | Parents
Allison Tate

One day, I was (over) preparing to have a baby, and now I have a 10-year-old. I can't really tell you how the biggest chunk of his childhood has already happened and is already in the books, but it is. It's done. I hope it was good.

Learning How To Age Gracefully From Aunt Stella

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.18.2013 | Fifty
Ann Brenoff

Life, as it always has been for her, is what you make it. If you choose to let things get you down, they will. It's all about the attitude that you bring to the table and learning to live in life's positive cracks even when they are hard to find amid the darker disappointments.

The Night In 1967 I Can Never Forget

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.17.2013 | Fifty
Doug Bradley

Bobby Rogers of the Miracles died recently at the age of 73. As lyrics from 'Shop Around,' 'Tracks of My Tears,' 'You've Really Got a Hold on Me' and 'I Second That Emotion' reverberate in my head, I'm reminded of a different emotion that I'd shared with Rogers and the fellow Miracles in 1967.

You Can't Go Home Again... Or Can You?

Serena Piper | Posted 05.12.2013 | College
Serena Piper

Last summer after my grandma passed away, I had a conversation with my mom about whether or not it's a good idea to return to your childhood home after you've moved out and on with your life. "I know I never could because I knew it wouldn't be the same," she said.

Why I Want A Baby Post 50

Sharon Greenthal | Posted 05.01.2013 | Fifty
Sharon Greenthal

Despite all of the hard work, the stinky, slimy, exhausted-ness of having a baby, there are times when I miss it so much it's as if something is pulling on my uterus, some external force telling me I NEED a baby.

Paring Down

Ruth Neubauer | Posted 04.29.2013 | Fifty
Ruth Neubauer

On my back, I carry a three-bedroom, 2,200 square foot house. It all looks great. It would be great to live here with someone. But that is not going to happen, so I'm trying to get out of here.