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If you've planned a wedding, you know how stressful it can be. Who's sitting where? What do you mean hydrangeas are out of season? And a photographer costs HOW much? Two-and-a-half years ago, I was in the throes of dealing with those very issues, which at the time seemed so huge, when our family was dealt a real issue. After spending two months planning and executing the perfect bridal shower...

This is my first "baby boomer" post on Growing Bolder. When I look in the mirror, I see a different face with a few more wrinkles and one that looks more and more like my mother's. I see a body that could use a makeover and some much needed relief from menopause. But I also see a woman who has been abundantly blessed! I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning...

It was the Growing Bolder Radio Show interview with Roz Savage that got me thinking. In 2005, Roz was leading a successful, but unremarkable life as a management consultant when she had an early-mid-life crisis. She couldn’t shake the feeling there might be more meaning to her life than a steady income and a house in the suburbs.Roz took a piece of advice from a motivational book and wrote two...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 1/30/12 Hello again. This is Alice Hornbaker for WMKV 89.3 FM and wmkvfm.org streaming around the world in the Internet Mondays and Thursdays at 2:20 p.m. and Fridays at 8:50 a.m. and as a blog on growingbolder.com under blogs/life after 50/ajhornbaker. It is also on...