Grow Old Along With Me the Best Is Yet to Be
by Martz, SandraEdition: Large
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-06-01
Publisher(s): Papier Mache Pr
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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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