Comments on: Women Over Fifty—It’s Time to Howl! http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/ Celebrating Women 50 and Better Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:21:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mary Cunningham http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Mary Cunningham Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:46:54 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2434 Thanks, all you WOOFers, for your encouraging comments! Loved them all, but one hit me in particular from Cindy who said "it's wonderful to finally be who we were meant to be." You are so right! I struggled until I was over fifty trying to find my "place." I was never going to be a career woman (that ship had sailed!) and was just about to give up when I starting writing memoirs and co-writing WOOF, which then led to writing a young reader series. It's never too late to find yourself and realize your dreams. Thanks, again, everyone! We're all in this together. Mary http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.com http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com Thanks, all you WOOFers, for your encouraging comments! Loved them all, but one hit me in particular from Cindy who said “it’s wonderful to finally be who we were meant to be.” You are so right! I struggled until I was over fifty trying to find my “place.” I was never going to be a career woman (that ship had sailed!) and was just about to give up when I starting writing memoirs and co-writing WOOF, which then led to writing a young reader series. It’s never too late to find yourself and realize your dreams.

Thanks, again, everyone! We’re all in this together.

Mary

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]]> By: Joyce Mason http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Joyce Mason Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:33:24 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2389 Oh, Eileen, I'm back to say I just reread it, and the synchronicity of this message is unbelievable in its timing for me! I have been having one grand gestalt lately about changes I have to make in alignment with who I really am. I have been on a high ever since "getting it." (Sometimes I'm actually doing something before I get its deeper significance!) Just flashed back on a 50-ish woman trying to explain this to me when I was twentysomething and still twitching to fit in and twisting myself up like a pretzel to make it so. It's not "over the hill." It's, "Over--the Thrill!" So glad you're there for me, helping me figure out this grand experience of the fulfillment years. http://www.hotflashbackscoolinsights.blogspot.com http://www.radicalvirgo.blogspot.com Http://www.joycemason.com Oh, Eileen, I’m back to say I just reread it, and the synchronicity of this message is unbelievable in its timing for me! I have been having one grand gestalt lately about changes I have to make in alignment with who I really am. I have been on a high ever since “getting it.” (Sometimes I’m actually doing something before I get its deeper significance!) Just flashed back on a 50-ish woman trying to explain this to me when I was twentysomething and still twitching to fit in and twisting myself up like a pretzel to make it so. It’s not “over the hill.” It’s, “Over–the Thrill!”

So glad you’re there for me, helping me figure out this grand experience of the fulfillment years.

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http://www.radicalvirgo.blogspot.com
Http://www.joycemason.com

]]> By: Diana Black http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 Diana Black Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:57:44 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2381 Thanks, Pam, for your comment! It's always nice to know something we say actually makes sense!! Yeah, going back to our roots, as it where, is often a good place to start looking for answers when we're questioning our current path... Mary and I had a blast with Eileen, and are really enjoying reading everyone's comments... Diana http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.com http://www.basicblackblog.blogspot.com http://www.booklandheights.blogspot.com Thanks, Pam, for your comment! It’s always nice to know something we say actually makes sense!! Yeah, going back to our roots, as it where, is often a good place to start looking for answers when we’re questioning our current path…
Mary and I had a blast with Eileen, and are really enjoying reading everyone’s comments…
Diana
http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.com
http://www.basicblackblog.blogspot.com
http://www.booklandheights.blogspot.com

]]> By: cindy luck http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 cindy luck Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:57:03 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2380 Isn't it wonderful to finally be able to be who you were meant to be? And it's so much easier!!! Thanks for the book suggestion Eileen. I completely agree with the authors of Woof! Isn’t it wonderful to finally be able to be who you were meant to be? And it’s so much easier!!! Thanks for the book suggestion Eileen. I completely agree with the authors of Woof!

]]> By: Pat Montgomery http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2369 Pat Montgomery Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:02:17 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2369 That is right. I know it is true in my life. Now I have time to do some of the things I always wanted to do but couldn't in the rush of raising kids. That is right. I know it is true in my life. Now I have time to do some of the things I always wanted to do but couldn’t in the rush of raising kids.

]]> By: Erica Ross-Krieger http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Erica Ross-Krieger Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:18:09 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2368 Hi Eileen, I'd stick around longer but I'm off to go listen to the interview and then grab a copy of WOOF! It looks like I've found the answer to "What would be a great summer read this year?" Your blog, interviews and brilliance are wonderful gifts for us, your Feisty friends:) Erica Hi Eileen,
I’d stick around longer but I’m off to go listen to the interview and then grab a copy of WOOF!
It looks like I’ve found the answer to “What would be a great summer read this year?” Your blog, interviews and brilliance are wonderful gifts for us, your Feisty friends:)
Erica

]]> By: Melodieann Whiteley http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 Melodieann Whiteley Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:53 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2367 Listened to the interview. Diana and Mary are great. I never looked at it from that point of view but they are right. I DO feel like I'm finally free to be myself. Thanks for sharing their wisdom and humour with the rest of us. I will definitely be adding this book to my reading pile. Listened to the interview. Diana and Mary are great. I never looked at it from that point of view but they are right. I DO feel like I’m finally free to be myself. Thanks for sharing their wisdom and humour with the rest of us. I will definitely be adding this book to my reading pile.

]]> By: Pam Archer http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 Pam Archer Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:32:28 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2364 I listened to the show. Mary and Diana hit the proverbial nail on the head with this one. I hadn't thought of us from the perspective of returning to our original self, but this is exactly right! No matter how old we are, we are still that same little girl inside, filled with dreams, visions, passion, and fortitude. Eileen, you are a role model for all boomer divas! I listened to the show. Mary and Diana hit the proverbial nail on the head with this one. I hadn’t thought of us from the perspective of returning to our original self, but this is exactly right! No matter how old we are, we are still that same little girl inside, filled with dreams, visions, passion, and fortitude. Eileen, you are a role model for all boomer divas!

]]> By: PopArtDiva http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 PopArtDiva Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:36:10 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2363 Sounds like a good book for a lazy Sunday afternoon of indulgence and self-improvement! I'll have to watch that Pixel doesn't steal it with all those dog references, lol! Sounds like a good book for a lazy Sunday afternoon of indulgence and self-improvement! I’ll have to watch that Pixel doesn’t steal it with all those dog references, lol!

]]> By: Arlene http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/04/16/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-time-to-howl/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 Arlene Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:02:03 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=616#comment-2362 Sounds like a fun read. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm heading to Phoenix with 10 of my over fifty (actually 60) girlfriends. It's our annual waiting to exhale, ya ya sisterhood weekend which has blossomed into a whole week. Most of us went to college together and reconnected at one friend's 50th birthday. We've been celebrating each other's birthdays and making our annual treck to Phoenix/Sedona every year. This book would be a fun late night discussion. I have also written a book with chapters about aging, etc. called "Nothin' Like I Thought...A Baby Boomer's Look in the Rear View Mirror". It's a fun read with the girlfriends too. Check it out...www.emersonstreetbooks.com. We'll be "howling" in Arizona for the next 8 days! Sounds like a fun read. Thanks for the recommendation. I’m heading to Phoenix with 10 of my over fifty (actually 60) girlfriends. It’s our annual waiting to exhale, ya ya sisterhood weekend which has blossomed into a whole week. Most of us went to college together and reconnected at one friend’s 50th birthday. We’ve been celebrating each other’s birthdays and making our annual treck to Phoenix/Sedona every year. This book would be a fun late night discussion. I have also written a book with chapters about aging, etc. called “Nothin’ Like I Thought…A Baby Boomer’s Look in the Rear View Mirror”. It’s a fun read with the girlfriends too. Check it out…www.emersonstreetbooks.com. We’ll be “howling” in Arizona for the next 8 days!

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