Dear Classmates,

 

Thank you all for emailing us with your ideas and suggestions for the panel discussions to be held on Saturday morning, June 13th,  right after our class meeting from 9:45-11:00 am.   The topics you suggested naturally fell into two groups, so we'll be holding two panels which will run concurrently, one in Severance Living room and one in the Dining Hall.  

 

The first panel is "Career and life transitions - staying home, returning to the work force, changing fields, retiring early".  

 

The second panel subject is "Being 46 - the surprises, the challenges, the issues and decisions".  We will including topics such as adoption as a single mom, taking care of aging parents, parenthood, making unconventional choices, menopause, and health.

 

Our format will be five classmates for each panel with each giving a five minute talk and then opening up the floor for questions, contributions, comments and discussion. 

 

As we went through the planning for this, we realized there are many books and resources we could share with each other, so we have started a resource page on the web site.    If you would like to add a book or resource, please just email your suggestions to Normadrew@Wellesley84.org and they'll be posted to the site.

 

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning for a lively discussion! 

 

Our Best,

 

MaryAnne Gucciardi and Lisa Young Rourke