Skidding Sideways Through Our Fifties

We could live for another 30 years after fifty--well worth taking the time to reflect on how we want to live it.

"As we entered our fifties, we experienced so many changes in our lives, it reminded us of adolescence--we had choices to make, changing bodies to deal with, old attitudes to let go, new roles to take on, losses to cop

We could live for another 30 years after fifty--well worth taking the time to reflect on how we want to live it.

"As we entered our fifties, we experienced so many changes in our lives, it reminded us of adolescence--we had choices to make, changing bodies to deal with, old attitudes to let go, new roles to take on, losses to cope with. It was sometimes scary and sometimes a time of great transformative power. Each one of us is unique in making the transition into our fifties and sixties. There are no set rules for this journey; and as we, the "boomers," broke new ground in so many other areas throughout our lives, we are again pioneers in redefining the way we are living our third age. This is a very important chunk of our life--well worth taking the time to reflect on how we want to live it."

In an A to Z format, three sisters write twenty-six personal reflections on their own transformative journey into this new world of fifty and beyond. They touch on key hot spots at this particular time in women's lives--the new landscape of marriage, the changes in our sex life, the reclaiming of our power, the need for forgiveness . . . all areas of great potential for growth, which can present women with a remarkable richness of choices.