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Plan your trip, get in your car, put on your seat belt, and hit the gas to enjoy life's road trip When we each went through the heartache of losing a spouse, respectively to divorce and death, we gradually found our way forward through friendships, therapy, and sheer resilience and determination. However, continuing to navigate a new course forward as a solo periodically proved daunting.  In trying to support ourselves, sometimes we found what we were doing most of the time was: WORK. We neglected our HEALTH,  time to PLAY, and LOVE our closest family members, friends, and especially that...

We are excited to announce to our friends and supporters that the evite for our first major book launch and signing of Suddenly Single After  50: The Girlfriends’ Guide to Navigating Loss, Restoring Hope, and Rebuilding Your Life,” Rowman & Littlefield  will arrive in your inboxes Tuesday, October 4.    The event will be held in St. Louis (the city where we both lived when we lost our spouses) on Thursday, Dec. 1, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at the Schlafly Library to be hosted by Left Bank Books. This will be no ordinary signing. Held in a Q&A format, it will...

Is combining friendships like a recipe or musical score? Hardly, but it does take trial and error.  We blend wines, spices, words, colors, ideas, and sounds all the time. Unfortunately, not all efforts mix well like oil and water or credit card bills and your budget. There can be clashing tastes in a recipe not yet perfected, a variety of hues in one room that may not be complimentary--too jarring, and the divergent, loud sounds of traffic may sound cacophonic and actually hurt your ears.  After we each became single in our 50s and 60s and after 31 years and...

by Susan “Honey” Good We can recklessly say what we choose, or we can carefully choose what we say. Remember, we are wise because of our life experiences. Our grandchildren are much younger than us. So we must think before we speak.  Here are a few things you may be tempted to say to your grandchildren, but they will not do anyone any good: “Don’t tell your mom or dad.” This is teaching your grandchildren it is OK to be dishonest. “Boys don’t cry.” Of course boys should cry. They have the same emotions as girls. It is normal to...

"Does she have a thyroid problem?" Two women looking at a photo of an obese relative.  "Have you talked to your doctor about portion control?" A mother says this to her daughter as she eyes her up and down.  "How can you not go to the wedding (when you're almost related)? "How can you be invited to a shower when you're not invited to the wedding?" A friend makes both statements to her friend on the phone. Some friend.  "You spend so much more on clothing than I do. I would never buy that at that store." Sister says this...