Author: Dawn Pile

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Published: 2017-11-17

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780692959268

In an "over a cup of coffee" warm conversational voice, Baby Boomers + intertwines reflection on the art of designing these years with the invitation to commit to and create life-giving conversations with family that will sustain and ease the time when life comes full circle. It is a splendid pairing. There are approximately 76,000,000 Baby Boomers in the United States and millions more around the world. Many have raised children and "raised" their career during earlier decades. Now is a time to "raise themselves" anew in this season of life when freedom of time and creation of fresh experiences that honor the continuum of age are filled with possibility. Dawn Sully Pile is an instigator on behalf of and along with her peers not only to live these years fully, and a passionate advocate for this generation to hold the important conversations with those they love before it is too late. She generates ideas for how to hold a peace-filled dialogue and to see the entirety of life's journey as a celebration, even when the anticipation of conversations about the end of life details feels emotional or challenging. This is the "the new and vital talk" of this generation with family, whatever the family configuration, which replaces "the talk" with their own children, or perhaps as adult mentors of children, during pre-adolescent and adolescent years. Baby Boomers + is a guide that encourages readers to tailor it as best fits them. It declares the author's deep desire that her generation chooses to be in dialogue together and proactively be the architects of conversations that ultimately allow life's completion to be blessed with thanksgiving, the antidote to regret. A chapter devoted to children of Baby Boomers + encourages them to also embrace the celebration of the full circle of life and feel permission to be proactive in the invitation to conversation.