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My mother always told me, "when life hands you lemons...make lemondade!" It was true then and...

When my four sons were little, we all attended church and had them dedicated to the Lord. While watching them grow, the Lord impressed upon me to let my kids go. Meaning, to give them to Him for protection and to lead them. I didn't want to be like my mother. I didn't want to impose or oppress my children in any way. I didn't want to meddle in my children's lives unless there was a problem...

I sometimes wonder why I’m not asked to plan social functions at the company I work for. I realize I wasn’t hired as the social coordinator, but I do have some talent in that area and somebody has to do these things, right? I believe I’m probably not asked because my past has caught up with me and my current management has heard about the event I was in charge of planning at the Officer’s...

When I moved back home to Texas after many years in New York City, I was overcome with...

January 25, 2011 (ጥር Tir 17, 2003 Ethiopian Calendar) “50+ Entrepreneurs” Are you tired of punching the clock for someone else, but think you can't find another job at your age? Are the kids out of the house, freeing you to re-enter the job market? Are you nearing retirement, but don't know what you will do with all that free time - or wonder how you will manage once you...

We’re taking a look back instead of forward as we near the end of a pretty raucous decade....

For those who wish they could be members of our really FUN club, you would have to have been...

As we welcome in the New Year, lets hope 2008 will bring with it meaningful change in the way America deals with its aging population. Dylan said it first but it’s never been truer than now: “The times they are a-changin.” A social revolution is about to unfold and I couldn’t be happier about it. I’m tired of being marginalized and ignored by the thirty-something’s who think they...

Registration for the 19th Annual Polk Senior Games begins January 3. The Games, scheduled for February 26 – March 13, 2011, offer a two-week series of 92 Olympic-style events in 34 athletic and recreational sports. They attract over 2,600 men and women, 50 and over, with a variety of skills - the serious competitor, the fun at heart, the seasoned athlete, the late bloomer, and the physically...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 11-21-11 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...