From the Introduction of Midlife Clarity:
Who, exactly, are grown-up girls? They’re the women who’ve figured life out, more or less. They’ve figured out what exactly in their life needs to be cherished, what requires their dispassionate attention, and what they can dismiss as pure baloney. They are women who’ve shredded the script they followed when they were younger. They’ve found a way to get through each day (or most days) without blame, reproach, or anger...
This definition of midlife clarity came to us from Jane Foley, who envisioned a book of stories by women who finally “got it”—and who, at midlife, when they were most surrounded by life, arrived at the clearness of vision that can inspire the rest of us, when our lives seem chaotic, filled with minutiae, obligations, and despair. Her vision happily resulted in this book, for which we asked hundreds of women to send us stories of their moment of insight and clarity. From their responses, we have found these gems—some of which made us cry, some of which made us guffaw, and others that seemed as if they could have been written by Everywoman
---Cynthia Black and Laura Carlsmith, Editors
"In rich, ripe essays and poems, more than 30 grown-up girls share the ah-ha! moments when they "got it." Some of these epiphanies inspire mirth, others are empowering..."
--Napra Review
Excerpt from "Late For Tea," Midlife Clarity
"The more I watched her watch me, it became clear that this coyote had something I didn't--a perpetual hunger pang and plenty of time to appease it. She was here to stay. Even worse, I sensed she knew I did not have time on my side today. It was if the coyote had staked out these acres before. She knew the rythm of my life.”
--Meghan Nuttall Sayres
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