Every Woman Has a Story: Many Voices, Many Lessons, Many Lives Book

	Introduction
	Women and Friendship
	The Circle of Decades	3
	Letters to Friends	7
	Webs	11
	Coming Home	15
	The Day After Parents' Night	19
	Year by Year
	I'm Thirty - And That's Okay	25
	Little Fairies of Youth	29
	Deja Vu	33
	The Great Omelet Caper	37
	What Scares Me Most ...	39
	Men and Love
	Making It	43
	There's Always Sunshine	47
	Dear You	49
	Fall into Spring	51
	Falling in Love - Again	53
	A Shining Light	56
	Lord Help the Sister	60
	Motherhood
	The Sacred Portal	67
	Motherhoodless	70
	Unconditional Love	74
	Are You His Grandma or His Mom?	78
	Beyond the Looking Glass	82
	Stand Up, Mothers!	86
	Hard Lessons	89
	From One Generation to Another
	The Meatloaf Mirror	95
	And Mommy Wouldn't Help	98
	Simple Truths	101
	Revelations	105
	Pondering	109
	The Talisman	113
	Tapestry of Self	117
	A Summer Walk	121
	Life's Lessons
	The Visit	127
	Dark Side of Genius	131
	Focus on Me	136
	The Road Home	140
	A New Lease on Life	146
	Clouded by an Obsession	149
	A Time for Healing
	A Fine Line	155
	Number Three	158
	Laughing Through the Tears	162
	Non Compos Mentis	166
	Fade to Gray	170
	The Emptying Nest
	A Mother's Farewell	175
	Go West, Young Man	179
	Happiness Is When the Kids Are Grown	183
	Reflections on Becoming the Mother of a Wife	186
	My Second Chance for Happiness	190
	Forever Young	194
	Follow Your Dream
	Backseat Syndrome	201
	On the Inside	205
	He Was Patient	208
	There Are No Shadows in the Dark	212
	Leap and the Net Will Appear	216
	It's Never Too Late, Is It?	220
	Taking Life Less Seriously	224
	Remembering with Love
	A Birthday Wish	231
	Fragrance of Love	233
	Orange Blossoms in the Misty Morning	237
	My Mother - Myself	240
	The Faint Fluttering of Wings	243
	Independent Woman
	Fighting Discrimination with Dignity	249
	Looking Back ... But Moving On	253
	Launched	257
	The Businesswoman	261
	The Woman on Flight Number 862	265
	The Power of Departure	270
	Simple Pleasures
	Orange Happiness	277
	The Front Porch: Why Don't We Use It Anymore?	280
	Sun and Water	284
	Yellow Rain Hat	288
	Summer Magic	291
	The Whole Story	293
	Pauses	296