Hi, my name is Joanne Horn.  I started Second Half Connections to celebrate the second half of life as a gift.  Rather than a trajectory of decline, the years of our second half provide an opportunity to synthesize and share with our families and communities the meaning and direction of our lives. 

Where have we come in these 50 or 70 or 90 years?  Who are we?  What is our place in the fabric of our families and our communities?  What is the bounty we've collected over a lifetime of joy and heartache amid the adventure and tedium of our journey thus far?

I invite you to choose the following workshops and discussion groups to explore answers to these questions and share your experiences and insights to promote new learning and creativity in the second half of your life.  

• The Guided Autobiography Workshop is a 10 week series during which participants use a life theme to organize their memories, write a story, and share their writing within a small group of peers. 

• In Comparing Notes on Life's Second Half folks meet weekly or monthly to compare their perceptions and experiences about what makes their stage of life valuable and meaningful as well as challenging.  

• The Write Your Own Legacy workshop allows people to draft a testimonoy to their family and friends that expresses what they most value about life, meaningful life lessons, and people and events from their ancestry to include in their family history.   

These workshops are available at community colleges, churches, social and community groups, and retirement and residential settings.  Current schedules are shown on the linked pages.