Hi to Babyboomer Women

Hi Babyboomer Women and others
Welcome to this new blog site <

There are many of us out there with the same questions -

"How can I achieve a satisfying sense of purpose as I approach / embrace retirement?"
"How can I still feel important and valuable?"
"How do I deal with loneliness?"
"Where do I now fit in this society?"
"When will I able to gracefully accept that I am no longer young / gorgeous / virile etc?"
"What strategies will help me to remain positive and "young at heart?"
"How did I get to be a grandparent and what makes a good one?"

What most of us, are striving for, is to give this time of our life a sense of meaning and purpose, whereby the uncharted territory, in a youth-oriented patriarchy, can make us feel and look invisible.
We can sometimes feel at a loss, without the blueprint, as we face new challenges such as accepting the ageing process as positively as possible, adjusting to retirement, or perhaps facing loneliness or isolation.

My hope is that you will:- share your ideas; reflect on the future; review present and past generations; be connected to positive, useful services; read reviews on anti-ageing ideas / products etc
(Not necessarily gender specific, men welcomed - just not particularly targeted.)

There are now over 45 million women on the far side of 50, becoming visible, influential and numerous. Never before, in recorded history have there been so many women with so much competence, experience, independence and resources.

" Babyboomer women are powerful mentors in today's society. We are the Matriarchs - the female elders - the holders of the wisdom for the next generation. There is dignity and strength in this position."

I aim to provide an online Forum for Babyboomer Women to share our wisdom, experience and strategies for the future. By the way, have you noticed that even the anti-ageing articles in magazines only take you as far as 50?!! At their peril!!

What we have to pass on to the next generation and to the world situation is valuable.

Women, traditionally, have met and communicated, in groups to make a quilt, or meet a community need. We "liberated" ourselves but have we really? We still yearn for the old fashioned / meaningful chat especially when we are older, because, being 'herd animals' we need the village spirit. We had a foot in both camps, our mother and father's generation giving us our basic roots with the Women's Movement changing the whole scene.

How can I share my ideas or how do I blog?

The ability to add your voice and connect with others is via blog, short for "web log". - just write your ideas in the provided space, and then press 'publish'. Many people are more comfortable when they adopt a pen name but that is a personal choice.
In the words of Evan Williams, who created the Blogger platform and co-founded Twitter, “I’ve come to really believe that if you make it easier for people to share information, more good things will happen.” Taking his statement further, to the human value of sharing experiences and insights and emotions with others, BabyboomerConnections offers a forum where connections to the past and future can be communicated along with the joys and challenges of everyday.

I hope BabyboomerConnections will help provide stimulus for a chat forum to you and others who are sometimes struggling to move forward and to share some fun ideas such as what we wore and ate then and now......Clara