December podcast: The gift of aging

December podcast: The gift of aging

During the holidays many of us focus on giving. This issue of Café is about the gifts we receive with age. Included are stories shared by women who have turned 25, 30, 42 and 60. To age is a gift. Let’s celebrate it! A 33-year-old shares what she learned after turning 30. And it turns […]

December Cafe group: The gift of aging

December Cafe group: The gift of aging

Do you want to meet with other young adult women and share community, maybe dinner and discuss the topics that appear in each issue of Café? Each issue of Café features two articles with discussion questions and a closing prayer. Print out the December 2015 issue, or follow along from the website if you have […]

Surprised at 42

Surprised at 42

by Joy McDonald Coltvet    After 18 years of marriage, my husband and I found ourselves pregnant for the first time. To describe this as shocking is an understatement. It took us a month to tell anyone beyond health professionals. When they asked, “Is this good news?” I said, “Well… it’s definitely surprising.”   I […]

December podcast: The gift of aging

Turning 30

by Emma Crossen    I was relieved to turn 30.   In my 20s, I worried that older colleagues would dismiss me as young and naïve or assume that I was just like other 20-somethings, many of whom I found to be immature and naïve. The 30s seemed to invite fewer assumptions. My 30-something friends […]