Carol's Reflections

“The Measure of My Days”

“As we age we are more alive than seems likely, convenient or even bearable.” –Florida Scott-Maxwell, The Measure of My Days : Conscious Aging Book Club Selection May On the eve of my 70thyear I found more than a guide to hold my hand across the threshold—I found a soul

Beside the Point

The gang from Zumba class were trying out a new restaurant for my seventieth birthday. Service was slow and we were overly hungry. It was a spectacularly unlucky case of timing that just when I finally decided to start unwrapping my birthday presents, the long-absent waiter suddenly showed up with

Cosmic vs. Actual Mothers: 11/6/17

During my midlife tenure at divinity school, feminist theologians liberated the notion of God the Father into God the Mother. As a featured presenter this week in a free on-line summit for older women on the theme Older, Wiser, Freer: Thriving in Our Third Act, I’ve been putting a lot