GETTING TO KNOW ME... ANOTHER WOMAN WITH A VOICE!

Hello! I'm Lolly and this is my first blog entry.

I have decided that these days, there are just too many unfair situations happening to my generation of women. Life seems to keep throwing us excrement and we over 50 femme fa tales keep ducking to get out of the way! And, as that proverbial unwanted garbage is hurled full force at us by our ex husbands, bosses, children, and now by a younger version of women in society who have conveniently forgotten that we were the generation who fought for the very freedom and rights that they currently enjoy, we are thanked with a lack of respect, an attitude of arrogance, and a desire to see us cease to exist. And that is NOT about to happen any time soon!

Fear not ladies! We may have passed the half century mark, but that growth in years did not age or deter our drive, our integrity, our visions of the future, or our ability to be productive in society. We are thinkers and we are fighters. And best of all, we have the uncanny ability to keep standing back up and swinging punches, not unlike that broken down fighter in the ring who suddenly gets his second wind and knocks his opponent out when he least expects it. No matter who or what knocks us down, we continue to get up. We persevere.

I know this because of the inner strength that I have discovered deep within me after my recent divorce. Turning 60, going through a divorce, empty nest syndrome, the death of my father, all within a year, has allowed me to grow as an individual and learn not only how to value myself, but how strong women in general are. I have decided that I not only need to get a heck of a lot of issues off my chest, but in the process may be able to help other divorced 50 plus women out there deal with their lives in a positive manner too. Using our humor, drawing from our educational backgrounds, and our life experiences, we can together cope with the challenges we face each and every day. Women are a force to be reckoned with. Women over 50 have the wisdom and experience to know just how to do it right.
This blog will be my sounding board. Hopefully my thoughts will enrich, enlighten, entertain, and educate you while blasting those things that bug the heck out of me. Please Join me and respond. xoxo Lolly