Motherhood after 40: The pros, the cons, the satisfactions

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It’s 5:30 a.m. A loud “raspberry” screeches through the monitor from my daughter’s nursery and jolts me from a sound asleep. For a moment, I’m confused. What is that noise? Is this a dream? My sons’ rooms are upstairs, too far away for me to hear their televisions or stereos blaring. This sounds like a […]

Battling The Bulge? Try These Four Simple Changes!

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I hear the TV fitness guru shouting, “Fire those abs!” and “5,4,3,2,1…what time is it? Booty time!” and I think perhaps I should be exercising with my husband rather than parking myself in front of my laptop. Ironically, I’m working on this very article. For Americans, the struggle against weight gain has increased steadily for […]