Our summer reading series begins with…Annie Begins
Annie Begins, a novel by Michelle Toth, kicks off our summer reading series, and WAF reader Traci Delisser reviews the book and shares how she relates to a certain character who lives life, without apologies, on her own terms…
Let’s make history: Women’s History Month
While we honor women in history throughout the year, March is officially Women’s History Month. The Women at Forty Project recognizes and honors the achievements of women, of all ages, around the world and we’re spotlighting four women-run organizations that celebrate the power of women…
Dangling Over the Precipice of 40
by Esther Kane
Although I’m not quite sure how it happened, I turned 39 this year. This came as a huge shock as I remember my 20s so vividly- as if they were yesterday. It seems to me that once you hit 20, the process of aging accelerates exponentially until you’ve barely gotten used to the decade you’re currently in and no sooner-whoosh!
Rachel on: A new me at forty
I never really wanted a new me. The new (just new, not improved) Rachel Dachel still looks and sounds the same as she always has. But simultaneously, EVERYTHING has changed. I don’t know this new woman in my mirror…
It’s a different world
We’ve left an era where womanhood was defined by one’s ability to keep a spotless house, cook the perfect pot roast and produce 2.5 children and entered one where womanhood is defined by one’s ability to undress. There’s got to be a happy medium in there somewhere….
