Our Turn Our Time Women Truly Coming of Age

by Black, Cynthia; Baldwin, Christina

• ISBN13: 9781582700298
• ISBN10: 158270029X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-28
• Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words

Summary

Our Turn, Our Time is an amazing collection of essays written by women who are committed to celebrating and valuing the passage into the second half of life. These women are redefining the role older women play in contemporary society by embracing creativity, spirituality, and sisterhood. These essays are filled with insight, humor, and compassion on a broad variety of topics: the richness of women's groups, the rewards of volunteering, the power of crone ceremonies, the fires of creative expression, the challenges of a changing body, and the confidence that comes from success in later life.   Individually, the essays are inspirational and motivating. As a collection, the book becomes a unique support system for women as they age together, providing the opportunity to embrace each passing year with grace and enthusiasm. You will not find celebrities in this book. Our Turn, Our Time is written by everyday women for everyday women, creating equality and unity. The women in this book are positive role models and they will encourage other women to have an enriching, uplifting, and a refreshingly new perspective on the second half of life!

Author Biography

Cynthia Black is the president and editor in chief of Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. She oversees the editorial and publicity aspects of the company and has been active in developing and promoting the importance of spiritual lifestyles and global wisdom for the past twenty-nine years.

Table of Contents

Forword	ix
A Note from the Editor	xiii
Your Life in Two Words	3	(12)
Gail Balden
A Reluctant Crone	15	(6)
Jo Barney
Out of the Grandstand and Onto the Field	21	(10)
Janis Barrett
Dancer in the Mirror	31	(10)
B. J. Bateman
Walking My Talk at Eighty-Two	41	(10)
Fan Benno-Caris
Like an Old Tree	51	(6)
Sarah Biermann
Nana I Ke Ku...Looking to the Source	57	(8)
Yvonne Mokihana Calizar
My Eccentric Womanself	65	(10)
Sally Fisher
Questions of Aging	75	(16)
Anthea Francine
Keep Going, Keep Growing	91	(8)
Maria Gabrielle
``There's Life in the Old Dame Yet...''	99	(8)
Ann O'Neal Garcia
Finding Home	107	(10)
Edna C. Groves
The Crones Are In!	117	(10)
Margaret Jamison
Prayers for Change	127	(8)
Meredith Jordan
Eleanor Mercer
Bitten by a Beady Bug	135	(6)
Yonah Klem
Women Navigators	141	(10)
Joan Lemieux
Si Taeweksin: Grandmothers Giving Wisdom	151	(6)
Dorothy Blackcrow Mack
Sexy at Seventy	157	(10)
Joy Mitchell
Girl Groups in Graceland	167	(8)
Susan Percy
Presence of the Goddess	175	(8)
Dee Poth
Visual Prayers	183	(10)
Dana Reynolds
My Grandmother Told Me This	193	(12)
Mary Jean Rivera
Ultimate Celebrations	205	(8)
Pat Samples
A Writer's Gift	213	(6)
Deborah Straw
How I Became a Bag Lady	219	(8)
Hope Swann
No More Waiting	227	(6)
Helen Vandervort
The Spiritual Potential of Menopause	233	(10)
Diana Vilas
Girlfriends and Baboons	243	(6)
Ellen Waterston
Council of Grandmothers	249
Kit Wilson