OlderWiserWomen

Jackie is a 78 year old woman, who is racing today in Florida in the Ford Ironman Championship.

“You just decide you’re going to do this… and you tell yourself you will do it.” Jackie Yost, Ironman Athlete

Read more about the race and Jackie here.

…according to Forbes Magazine. It’s time again for this annual list. I love it and learn something new every time. Lots of “Older Wiser Women” on this list. What can we learn from them?

Here are the top five women….

1. Angela Merkel
2. Condoleezza Rice
3. Wu Yi
4. Indra Nooyi
5. Anne Mulcahy

You’ll find the rest of the list at Forbes - The World’s Most Powerful Women

Birthday Special! Yep…June 10, 2006 is my 51st Birthday! And that means, its time for a special offer! My first birthday offer for that matter.From now through the end of June, you can get Inspiration to Realization at 25% off, plus a copy of The OlderWiserWomen Guide ~Tips for Successful Aging. And if you live in the US …shipping is included! So send me a Happy Birthday message and get this book at a great discount. Better yet…don’t you need a gift for that grad in your life?

Want to learn more? Visit Barbara’s Birthday Special!

There are many wonderful women (and yes, a few men) who are members of OlderWiserWomen. Some of you are going through hard times and others are having the times of their lives.

Barbara Sciacca is spending this year celebrating her 70th birthday (May 8th). I spoke with Barbara almost 2 years ago. She was living alone just at the edge of the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. From my perspective, it sounded like an ideal balance of having ones space, peace and quite and time to just be with life - yet still being close enough to the cities when one needed the fix of the hustle-bustle of life.

To some degree that ended in July 22, 2005 (Solstice!) when a lightening sparked the Cave Creek Complex fire burning almost 250,000 acres in and around the Tonto National Forest (from Cave Creek across to Black Canyon City) - including Barbara’s home. She escaped with only her pets…and her laptop. Everything else was lost.

As is her nature, Barbara continues to rebuild her life in Arizona. She is a testament to the fact that women are strong, adaptable and not only can they survive, but thrive as well.

Happy year-long Birthday and best wishes to Barbara Sciacca of Arizona. Thank you for being a part of OlderWiserWomen!

THE SURVIVORS
Science Showing Women Have An Edge Over Men

By SUSAN BRINK
Los Angeles Times

Somewhere, in most women’s conscious or unconscious minds, is the unspoken expectation that, if their marriages or relationships last, they will most likely outlive their partners. They know their children, for whom they’re primarily in charge, will grow up and leave. And they face a barrage of advertising and other societal cues that subtly but ever so steadily suggest that they’re not getting older, they’re getting invisible.

Table tennis world wowed by 95yo champ

A Sydney woman has attracted international headlines by competing in an international table tennis tournament at the age of 95.

Dorothy de Low was the oldest competitor at the World Veteran Table Tennis Championship in Germany.

Mrs de Low’s story has appeared in newspapers around the world and she has also reportedly been contacted by producers with the Dave Letterman chat show in the US.

Her son, Peter de Low, says his mother will handle the attention well.

“I think she loves it,” he said.

“She’s got a purpose behind playing table tennis and that is to raise cancer awareness because I lost a sister through that 20 years ago, so that is sort of a purpose behind any publicity she gets as well.”

(Reported by ABC News Online)

Sally Field. I don’t know about you, but I remember Gidget and the Flying Nun. I loved her in Steel Magnolias. And now…I love her as an advocate to bring to light the issue of osteoporosis in women.

Thanks Sally!

I ran across an interesting article today about women’s history.

So, tell me what you think:

• Did women really run their bras?
• Was there really a Pope Joan?
• Did Betsy Ross reall make the first American Flag?

Lots of interesting reading….

Myths of Women’s History