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Speaker and author Karen O'Connor urges her post-fifty friends to "laugh and love all the way home to the Father's house." With humor and wisdom, Karen shares personal and gathered stories about the blessings of surviving and surpassing middle-age. Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps overflows with candor and helps the boomin' baby boomer market celebrate with: funny stories of the antics and adventures of getting older "conversations with God" for a deeper prayer life hopeful words for the tough times For those who have already traded in their wimp status for a more courageous existence or those still wondering about the future, this delightful read affirms that the latter decades are filled with God's promises and joys.
“It takes grit and wit to keep standing when your skin doesn’t fit the way it used to, when you think someone stole your car but in truth you forgot where you parked it, when your grandchild looks at your figure and observes, ‘Grandma, you look like a teenager— except for your face!’” —Karen O’Connor This second volume of Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps celebrates the most beloved stories of acclaimed humorist Karen O’Connor. These funny and relatable tales of fellow Baby Boomers navigating their Golden Years will encourage you to cherish every antic and adventure that comes with growing older. Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps Volume 2 is a heartfelt, joyful reminder to keep living to the fullest, no matter how much life you’ve got behind you. In addition to Karen’s signature wit and wisdom, you’ll find scriptures and prayers to nurture your spirit and remind you to keep your eyes on the One who made you, who numbered your days, and who promises that He will never leave nor forsake you, right up to your last breath—and beyond!
Karen O'Connor—humorist and author of Getting Old Ain't for Wimps (more than 200,000 copies sold)—shares more comic and meaningful scenes from the senior side of life. Readers will enjoy her stories, tales from others, and glimpses of golden moments as they discover the significance of life after a certain age joy in new friendships and experiences adventures still ahead purpose and meaning on deeper levels appreciation for God's design and direction By celebrating the little things in life, such as the ability to recall any anecdote with clarity, O'Connor leads readers to rest in the bigger wonders of faith and purpose.
With delightful wit, tongue-in-cheek humor, a good-natured sense of fun, and truths based on living, author, speaker, and humorist Karen O’Connor provides 365 great reasons that life gets even better when the senior years hit. One-line entries celebrate that “getting old ain’t so bad because...” you can take naps whenever you feel like it you have time to visit places you’ve always wanted to see you’re free to try different hobbies or activities you don’t have to worry about impressing anyone you get discounts on food, golf, and movies From being a grandparent to half-price national park passes, from a lifetime of learning to the amazing changes made in the world, the rewards and pleasures of a long life are plenty. Through humor and biblical wisdom, readers are encouraged to appreciate all they’ve experienced and make the most of every moment.
Need a quick pick-me-up? A brief communion with God? Bestselling author and gentle humorist Karen O’Connor offers simple-yet-beautiful prayers that reveal God’s heart and the blessings he gives. Each uplifting meditation helps you talk with God about your needs and thank him for his love and provision. Thank you, Lord, that it’s never too late to dream a new dream, to start a new job, to repair an injured relationship, to make a new friend, to draw closer to you. Whatever I need, you provide—and more...I can go outside and actively participate in what’s going on. Life isn’t over until you call me home! Amen. These short prayers are arranged by season to reflect the time of year or how you’re feeling. From praying for your grandkids to praising God for lovely flowers, and from dealing with illness to enjoying loving relationships, these short devotions highlight the positives, offer hope during difficult times, and point to God for the joys to come.
One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life . . . and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps, miscommunications, preoccupation with health and comforts, foibles, disguises (for aging), even physical limitations -- all can have their funny sides when we're laughing at ourselves. One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life . . . and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps, miscommunications, preoccupation with health and comforts, foibles, disguises (for aging), even physical limitations -- all can have their funny sides when we're laughing at ourselves. This book, a light-hearted gift for anyone who's 50-plus, is a memoryjogger too. Remember the Katzenjammer Kids? Jack Armstrong? Apple Mary? Check out your friends' ages by their responses to a "Vanishing Words" test (examples: "spider," "broomstick skirt," "running board," "the shag"). If you're still calling the refrigerator an "icebox," it's a giveaway -- you're probably over 60. What's So Funny about Getting Old? is brought to you by a comedy team of two. Ed Fischer is an award-winning cartoonist. Jane Thomas Noland, author of Laugh It Off (what's so funny about trying to lose weight?) is a books editor and a former Minneapolis Star Tribune feature writer. Both have delicious ways of looking at life. Both, like all the rest of us, are getting older. Laughter heals. Laughter helps. Laughter keeps us in shape emotionally and physically. Read this book and try it. You'll be convinced, as these authors are, that there's only one way to grow older -- with a healthy sense of humor!
Karen O’Connor, bestselling author of Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps (more than 300,000 copies sold), offers a great collection of humorous anecdotes on senior moments. Readers in the better half of life will discover 365 rather funny situations to avoid, with some of them sounding all too familiar. They are encouraged to avoid… leaving the key in the front door and going to sleep feeling secure. purchasing a book to improve your memory but leaving it at the checkout counter. dropping the boat anchor and then realizing it wasn’t tied to the boat. This warmhearted and playful book encourages laughter and taking life in stride.
Speaker and humorist Karen O’Connor (Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps, more than 245,000 copies sold) takes a lighthearted look at the perils of growing older. In this engaging collection of short stories, Karen shares what she and her fellow senior citizens have experienced that make the golden years an enjoyable time of laughter with a touch of humorous chagrin. These stories, that include ordering a Coke and fries at the bank drive-thru to having to admit their ages to get senior discounts, reveal that... timeless beauty begins with a good heart shaking things up is not just for the young lost and found becomes a way of life after 50 love happens at all ages laughter is contagious at every age With inspirational reflections and lively prayers, this entertaining collection of anecdotes will tickle readers’ funny bones and remind them how great life is.
Inspirational storyteller Karen O'Connor (Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps, more than 280,000 copies sold) offers a brand-new collection of truth-based vignettes to warm the heart. These upbeat, short stories stimulate faith in God by highlighting His wonderful love and provision--that often seem to come just in the nick of time. Readers will discover God's help and timing are always perfect: a destitute family huddling together for warmth is surprised when an anonymous donor sends furnace fuel a couple ready to divorce encounters an unexpected circumstance that brings them together a job seeker's frustration at being turned down for a dream job turns to joy when a better position becomes available Offering hope and encouragement because God cares, When God Answers Your Prayers reminds readers that their loving heavenly Father is always watching over them.