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Tag Archives: midlife mothering
Being Ageless – Resilience!
Recently, I’ve been focusing on inspiring people to Be Ageless. Many of you may imagine that’s about exercise, vitamins, and green-tinted healthy shakes — and it partially is — but one of the greatest keys to agelessness might surprise you: … Continue reading
Traditions
As another Passover approaches, I can’t help but think back wistfully to my childhood with Eastern European grandparents and all that it held for me – the incessant Yiddish conversations, the Yiddish radio broadcasts; a home that smelled from a … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Daily Living, Rituals & Spirituality Tagged Cyma Shapiro, Lower East Side, midlife mothering, Passover, traditions Leave a comment
Misery Loves Company – A Mom’s Up and Down Journey
This morning when I should have been tending to any number of things I hopped on Facebook. I knew I owed a few friends a recipe and was on my way to look up who in my messages tab when … Continue reading
Crazy, Loco Love
When it comes to loving my teenagers, Crazy Loco Love stretches me just shy of breaking point. At times, the connection between our children almost seems hardwired to snap, split, and break away while they reach for adulthood. They seem … Continue reading
Best Wishes
We are decorating the house for the birthday party. With my two girls, I’ve done seven parties, and the formula is nearly the same every time. Balloons, blown up by me and tied and taped to the ceiling in bunches, … Continue reading
Geriatric Or Just Wise?
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter” – Mark Twain I’ve been asked so many times what it feels like to be an ‘older Mother.’ It always strikes me as a silly … Continue reading
Midlife (Crisis) Transformations
The term Midlife Crisis brings up many images. In America, it brings up deriding images of a person buying a red sports car, daydreams of flings, broken marriages and people acting as a child again. In reality, a Midlife Crisis … Continue reading
Teaching Children to Meditate
To begin, understand this: you are never going to teach your child a life skill that you don’t already have. But I know. You’re not here for yourself. You’re here because you’re worried about your child. How do you teach … Continue reading
Mother’s Day Cards
May 12, 2013
Posted in Commentary, Daily Living, Reinventing Ourselves | Tagged Cyma Shapiro, midlife mothering, Midlife Mothers, Mother's Day | Leave a comment