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Tag Archives: family

Friendship in midlife: What to do when a friend is sick or dying

Seeing a friend suffer through long illness or death is one of the hardest things you will have to face, but you aren’t powerless.read more »

How can I overcome the depression? Hot Conversation

My husband of 19 years decided to divorce me two weeks ago. It was a total surprise to me. He met someone else. I am 50 years old and have a 16 years old at home. My husband has much higher income and he is trying to get out cheap. I can’tread more »

How to rise above being left to run family business after divorce to husband of 30 years.

I am so sorry for what may be a lengthy post, I had been with my husband for 30 years, we had been having problems with our business & marriage, we worked 24/7 together, along with our eldest son.with horses, which is a bit of a closed rank buread more »

Staying strong and healthy after 45 Most Liked

Staying strong and healthy after 45 What every vibrant woman should know about midlife women’s health: strong bones, better sleep, lower cholesterol, better heart health, reduced inflammation, and much more. Every day, Vibrant Nation members connect on the questions that matter most read more »

Problem regarding deceased dad of my partner

The problem is not with the dad himself. He is deceased. The problem is with the family he left behind and the hulabaloo they are creating regarding a memorial for him. My male partner, his brothers and sister have been spending all their non-worread more »

FRIENDSHIP and TRUST

two months ago a “friend” asked me to house sit when she and her family were going on vacation. I agreed to do that favor and postponed my move out of state to help her out.She even “offered” to pay and feed me which I was read more »

First Steps to Leaving

Hi Ladies – need some advice.  I’m finanlly  ready to make a break from my marriage. I have two kids at home freshman in high school and 8th grader–I’ve wanted to leave for years but now feel it’s finally tiread more »

Death of son’s girlfriend

My son’s girlfriend died recently..he is 4 , she was 35. She had a lot of issues and I thought he had broken it off a couple of years ago. instead since he was living out of town he kept their relationship a secret. He seems truly devestatedread more »

Bridal Shower

Today I attended a bridal shower for my husband’s neice.  I have been around the family for ten years. At the shower today was my husband’s exwife, she is a godmother to the bride, and has never attended ANY other faread more »

Everything We Do Affects Far More Than We Think

At a recent book circle, we were reading a section of a book that has to do with feelings, and our conversation kept going back to the recent Oklahoma tornado that was so devastating.  As usual, one of the questions was ‘why?”  read more »