“The other real forces urging young people into marriages generally sift down to one of the following: the need for safety, the… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Growing in tandem is virtually impossible in a patriarchal society, as ours has been. Only one-half of the couple has the use… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing as a trial child. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Further discomfort from these new realities afflicts men who expected to reach a certain level by dint of their white maleness but who now… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Ignorant of our own and our mate’s inner life, we are ruled largely by external forces at this stage.” — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“The other real forces urging young people into marriages generally sift down to one of the following: the need for safety, the need to… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
