Two girlfriends, aged 50+, authors and writing partners for 30 years, each lost her spouse, one to divorce and the other to death after long-term marriages, and share their parallel, poignant stories with honesty, humor, and advice about how their new lives moved from heartache to reality and eventually happiness. We welcome your feedback, tweets and suggestions for topics. We’re here to help you as we’ve helped one another. Life keeps offering lessons. Thank goodness for those like us who always love to learn.

- Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane

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