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Senior Mama

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

Write Now: Why You Really Can’t Wait Any Longer

Having written the Senior Mama column here for the past two years, I’ve decided to take advantage of my position as Wise Older Woman to offer some writing encouragement for…

Senior Mama | May 2015 | By B. L. Pike


Healing Arts

I left Peñasco and returned to my classes, fell in love, married, moved away, but never quite forgot the women of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, who passed their healing…

Senior Mama | March 2015 | By B. L. Pike


Life Matters

Tony’s heart is broken. Literally. Maybe that shouldn’t surprise us, since when we adopted him as an infant he was suffering from congestive heart failure, a complication of his premature…

Senior Mama | January 2015 | By B. L. Pike


Losing Touch

Next week is our son Lee’s birthday. He will be 41. We’re planning some of his favorite foods for the occasion: Chinese chicken, stir-fried vegetables and brown rice, with lemon…

Senior Mama | November 2014 | By B. L. Pike


Public Secrets

For the past several months we’ve been trying out a new church, Lutheran this time. Nobody there is mean or rude. They’re nice people, even welcoming. The church is in…

Senior Mama | August 2014 | By B. L. Pike


Independence Day

Last month Tony, our adult son with autism, eloped again. Eloped: in the autism world that word doesn’t refer to an over-eager love bond resulting in instant marriage. No, it’s…

Senior Mama | June 2014 | By B. L. Pike


The Hare and I

Maybe Aesop had it wrong. Or maybe he’s just 2,600 years out of date. That’s how long ago he first told his moralistic tales, and they’ve been repeated ever since.…

Senior Mama | April 2014 | By B. L. Pike


Desert Bells

Something has set Tony off. Dude knows it, and he sticks to Tony’s side, but even his persistent nudging doesn’t distract Tony from his glowering mood. We cancel our plans…

Senior Mama | February 2014 | By B. L. Pike


Baggage

My daughter is going to war. She is barely five feet tall and finds it amusing that with her small frame she will be lugging four seabags and an M-16.…

Senior Mama | November 2013 | By B. L. Pike


Overlooked

Bob and I worry about the worth of things. Dara and Tony, our youngest daughter and son, never give it a thought. They’re tender, both of them, perpetually on the…

Senior Mama | September 2013 | By B. L. Pike


Never Let Me Go

Letting our kids go is a process that begins the moment they emerge from the womb, suddenly loose in the world. Or, whenever we adopt, it begins in that golden…

Senior Mama | July 2013 | By B. L. Pike


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