Author : sexykay

Understanding Men’s Passages

I’m a fan of men and I’m a fan of Gail Sheehy. This book made sense to me. Through hundreds of interviews, Sheehy thoroughly describes the state of being male today. Inspired by her husband’s mid-life search for meaning, this…

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Why I love fireplace season

  The biting wind reminded me that fall was on its way out, soon to be replaced by winter snow and cold rain. DH shuffled through the back door, arms full of wood for the wood stove. Soon, sultry heat…

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Things we think about that our kids do not

  Let’s face it. Over 50, we start feeling our age just a little. Granted, our brains are still 25-years-old. So I was thinking about this dichotomy: things that a 50-year-old thinks about which would not even occur to a…

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Having sex well into her sixties

  DH was watching TV and waited while I thoroughly kissed him all over his face. I  wanted to do so much more than kiss. The conversation went like this: DH: You realize I’m being really patient right now… DW:…

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Beer30: How talking saved our marriage

  We call it beer30. It’s the time of day that DH and I get together and talk for about an hour. We do this almost every day before dinner. He has an IPA craft beer and I have red…

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Surrendering to Marriage

Let’s face it, marriage is not all roses and chocolates. While there are highs and lows in marriage, daily life is, well, just boring daily life. Krasnow points out that today’s marriages carry a lot of expectations. Not only are…

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