Grow Old Along With Me the Best Is Yet to Be

by Martz, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780918949967
• ISBN10: 0918949963
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Papier Mache Pr

Summary

Falling in love again after being widowed, redefining roles with children, men facing retirement, women discovering new opportunities for growth--this eloquent anthology appreciates the similarities and differences between men and women aging, transforming our myths of aging into a real sense of wonder and expectation.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface
Manon Reassures Her Lover	p. 1
Letting Go	p. 2
Deeper, Wider, Finer	p. 4
In the Autumn	p. 6
Nearing Menopause, I Run into Elvis at Shoprite	p. 12
The Man Who Loved the Woman Who Loved Elvis	p. 13
To the Husband Who Stands at the Sink	p. 15
At the Reunion	p. 16
Illusions	p. 17
Reflections in Green Glass	p. 19
Bountiful Harvest	p. 21
Fathers Playing Sons	p. 29
Hands	p. 32
Aerodynamic Integrity	p. 35
Nothing's Been the Same Since John Wayne Died	p. 44
Dance Class	p. 47
Getting Older	p. 49
Bonuses	p. 50
Queen of Cards and Powders	p. 51
She Stands in the Cold Water	p. 62
Then and Now	p. 63
For an Anniversary	p. 65
What Remains	p. 66
The Widow and the Gigolo	p. 67
A Woman Like That	p. 68
Papier-Mache	p. 76
Spring Cleaning	p. 82
Harvest	p. 84
Spring without Burpee Seeds	p. 85
Sam, At Sixty	p. 88
The Gathering	p. 89
Investing	p. 90
Rema	p. 93
Pebbles and Crumbs	p. 95
Instructions for Ashes	p. 98
What Faith Is	p. 99
What Do Old Women Talk About?	p. 108
Retrospective Eye	p. 112
The Well	p. 119
Retired	p. 120
Emmaline	p. 121
A Free Man	p. 127
Meditation for Twilight	p. 136
Washing Helen's Hair	p. 137
The Fallout Fantasy	p. 142
Laundry	p. 144
The Chance of Snow	p. 147
Widow	p. 157
Choices	p. 158
Flying Time	p. 160
Can Opener	p. 163
The World of Dolores Velasquez	p. 165
Wisdom Women	p. 170
Prayers for My Aging	p. 172
Romance in the Old Folks' Home	p. 173
Her Game	p. 176
Drying Apricots	p. 177
Dance	p. 180
Front Porch Partners	p. 185
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