Everybody figures it out sooner or later: Even in a Botox world that promises eternal youth, some things--from aches and pains to wrinkles, from menopause to the empty nest--you just have to live with. But despite the challenges, those who are reaching middle age--yesterday's Baby Boomers--might not want to turn back the clock. Instead, as their bodies change and their priorities shift, they're looking to cull wisdom from their experience and find spiritual meaning in their re-examined lives.

In Some Things You Just Have to Live With, author Barbara Cawthorne Crafton explores...