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Mike Bellah

Listed below are more of my columns. They are yours to read, free of charge. Consider them a gift from one midlife journeyer to another.

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1949

The Addiction of Midlife Affairs

Advice to Grandkids

Our Alaskan Trip

Anxiety

Are You a Politically Correct Midlifer?

Aristotle's Golden Mean of Midlife

The Autumn of Our Years

A Baby Boomer Quiz

A Baby Boomer Quiz, Part II

Baby Boomer Rock

Back to School

Barbie at 50

Bellah's Three Laws of the Lotto

Booming into Midlife: a Review

A Broken Window

Busyness: A Second Look

Career Changes

Changing with Change

Christmas in July

Confessions of a Midlife Mommy

Confessions of an Old Tuba Player

Dave Barry Turns 50: A Review

In Defense of the Midlife Crisis

Down-Aging

The Elijah Complex

To Erma Bombeck on Mothers' Day

Everything I Ever Needed to Know in Life I Learned in Boy Scouts

Everybody Else

The Expectation Effect

Father of the Groom

Finally Ready for Y2K

Five Famous Last Words for Midlifers

Five Years of Midlife Moments

Generation X: A Promising Generation

A Ghost Story

A Horse for Every Boy and Girl

A Grandparent's Advice to Parents

Hanging Out with the Bellah Brothers

Happy 30th

Happy Mothers' Day

He Lived His Dream

He's Never Stopped Learning

I Believe in You, Santa

I Wish Life Was Like the "Andy Griffith Show"

Identifying Your Midlife Passion

If I Could Live Life Over

I'm Becoming a Grumpy Old Man

I'm a Truck Driver's Dad

In Praise of the Impractical

It's Her One Time Around

It's How You Play the Game

It's Never Too Late

Jump-Starting Your Creativity

Junior Boys' Slalom Champion

Laughter, Still the Best Medicine

Learning to Trust

Let's Play

Letting Go

Life Begins at 60

Life's Great Unanswered Questions

Life's Inbetweens

Longing for the Good Ol' Days

Lost in the Palo Duro

Love is the Answer

Making Marriages Last

Memories of Summer Camp

Messy Mangers

Midlife Adventures

Midlife Dads

Midlife Funnies

A Midlife Getaway

Midlife Heroes of the Bible

Midlife, Single, and Full of Life

The Most Important Christmas Message

The Mountain That Refused to Move

Murphy Was a Midlifer

My First Bicycle

My Qualifications

My Sister, My Advocate

The Myth of Beautiful People

The Myth of Making It

The Myth of Normalcy

The New Materialism

The New Middle Years

New Years '99

New Years' 2000

No Laughing Matter: Dave Block Looks at Male Menopause

Nostalgia

Odds and Ends

An Open Letter to Teens

On Celebrating My 50th Birthday

Our Desires Are Too Weak

Overcoming Midlife Affairs

Overcoming Shame

The Perils of Perfectionism

Portrait of a Midlife Discoverer

The Power of Words

Recapturing Leisure

Recording Your Soul's Journey

Recovering the Pan Within

Reinventing Yourself

Remembering the Old Neighborhood

Remodeling Is Messy Work

The Reverse Cinderella Syndrome

Reviving Your Family Reunion

Reviving Your Imagination

The Road Not Taken

In Search of a Christmas Tree

Second Chances

She Built a New Dream

She Helped Give Us Thanksgiving

She's Freer than Most of Us

She's Sharing Her Stories

She Sings Baby Boomer Jazz

She's Still on Her Feet

The Summer of 1958

Staying Put in Your Job

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Surviving the Midlife Crisis

Tales of Restyling

Thanksgiving '98

That's What Friends Are For

There's Life after Failure

There's Life after 40

There's Light at the End of the Tunnel

There's No Place Like Home

They Excelled in Their 50s

Things that Blind Us

A Time for Vibrancy

To the Class of '97

To Uncle John and Aunt Betty: A Tribute

Top 10 Ways to Tell if Your Friend Is Having a Midlife Crisis

The Toughest Man I Ever Met

Turning 40, Turning 50

Urgent or Important

Valentine Surprises

The Walls We Hide Behind

Walking, A Passion Worth Pursuing

Warnings and Disclaimers

The We Generation

Welcome to the Texas Panhandle, Oprah

What Our Parents Never Told Us

When Less Is More

When Teens Rebel

Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

The X Club

You Know You're Midlife When

Your Life Can Be a Do-over

I'm always adding new columns here so set a bookmark and check back from time to time. Thanks.--Mike
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