American - Writer | November 27, 1937 -
I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
Gail Sheehy
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If you're the person living closest to the parent who's going to need help, and you take on the whole role of primary caregiver, you can be pretty sure your sibling who lives farthest away is going to call you and say, 'You don't know what you're doing.' Because they're not on the spot, and they probably feel guilty.
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No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.
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In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives.
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The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity.
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Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.
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The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation.
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Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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