47summers

  • We Don’t Complain

    We Don’t Complain

    Man, I Feel Like a Woman Today. I’m in the Xennial generation—the microgeneration that saw streetlights signal dinnertime just as The Oregon Trail came into our computer vans. We have the strength and blase of our Gen X sisters and the emotional intelligence of the elder Millennials. We don’t complain. We know your weak spots.…

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  • Dolly Parton Goes on a Diet

    I am 100% against body negativity, but it was time for me to have a come-to-Jesus meeting with my cat, Dolly Parton. Her bikini belly has officially graduated into a full-blown Buddha belly, and the last thing I need is to get cat-mom shamed for harboring a feline who looks like she’s smuggling a Christmas…

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  • Second Half Catholic

    Second Half Catholic

    After decades of skepticism, New Age spirituality, loneliness, and self-destruction, I found peace, community, and faith at 47 through the Catholic Church.

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