Middle Life

My husband (Alan) and I (Kimberlae) have 'hit' middle life.

Neither of us have parents or grandparents alive to act a guide and to my dismay - there are libraries of books on toddlers, difficult teenagers, alcoholism, and blended families - there is a very limited amount of teaching material to counsel adults through middle life which has created for me a... 'mid-life crisis.'

I have both prayed and ranted on this problem for several years.

On a trip to see my son (Phillip) and daughter-in-law (Daniella), for $3 I found in a thrift store a hard cover book written in 1889 by James Stark called "Life's Stages."

As I am specifically in the mid-life stage... I have started at Middle Life with this discussion and only have this single chapter available. Click "Middle Life" on the right side of this page to read that chapter written by James Stark over 120 years ago. The language is often elegant, sometimes difficult, and written specifically for men. Yet, the content is exquisite. As I listen to these words, it sounds to me as if a grandfather is directly acing as guide and counsel in my life.

I would like to use these words as a spring board for the greater community to use for discussion, to teach each other.