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I am always reading. Something is always catching my eye, and now that I lead many senior groups, my voracious reading habits have doubled. I am always hunting up new resources and activities that will enhance the adventure of this season of life, so when I came across an article about seniors aging alongside their parents, I was floored! This article was about a … [Read more...] about Aging Alongside Our Parents

There are crossroad moments in life when you need to make a choice between (usually) two somethings or paths to follow. But there are also moments that have a stronger dynamic than that. These are moments when you face major decisions about giving up or going forward in life. "A crisis only becomes a breaking point when we fail to use it as a turning point." ~ Guy … [Read more...] about Is It a Breaking Point or a Turning Point?

  I'm often complimented on my smile. Yes, it's nice but it hasn't always been nice. If you are old enough to remember what Cher looked like when she was just starting her career with Sonny, she was a gorgeous girl but her teeth were, in my opinion, awful. That harsh judgment was because my teeth looked just like hers and it was no consolation. Eventually, she fixed … [Read more...] about Your Best Beauty Asset: What Is It?

Last month, Barbara Morris proposed that we initiate the option of using “perceived age” where chronologic age is currently expected.  That way, people could say they were the age they felt instead of what a document prepared decades before professed to be the case.  Barbara and I agree on a lot of things.  This is not one of them.  It’s a waste of effort to try to find a … [Read more...] about Age Is a Really Useless Number

What we choose not only influences us at the moment but beyond it. How well or often do you practice the power of choice? I was walking along a beautiful morning, while my ego-mind was busy playing old tapes and imagining unpleasant future moments when I noticed that I was allowing this yet again. Then I had this thought: If Jesus, Buddha, and Eckhart Tolle were my … [Read more...] about The Power of Choice and What You Choose

I thought it was important to share my thoughts about self-care…while this is directed more toward the ladies, men can benefit too. My thought for this article started a few weeks ago when I had a desire to buy new bras. I don’t know what I dread more…bra shopping or the dentist. My go-to bra for the last year has been the sports-bra variety. I felt it was time for a change. … [Read more...] about Self-Care and Why It’s Important as We Age

The statistics are not encouraging.  Greater than 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and that percentage is expected to rise because of improved diagnostic techniques and the aging of the population. With regard to age, 77% of cancer diagnoses occur among those older than 55 and 53% among those older than 65.  The National Cancer Institute of the … [Read more...] about Non-Cancer Life Plan

After teaching school for more than thirty years, the occasion of my mother’s retirement was one of true celebration. She had conquered hardships, navigated a difficult divorce, and dealt with a troubled kid (yours truly) who did not take those changes very well, but as you see, survived to tell the story. When I became a so-called adult, I lived largely in Illinois and … [Read more...] about Let’s Help Each Other

There have been so many new and wonderful changes and improvements in our lives that often, it's mind-boggling. For example, Amazon not only delivers the most inexpensive item the next day (with prime) and not only emails you when delivered, but provides a photo of the package at your front door. You gotta love it! Unfortunately, not everything is "comin' up roses" in all … [Read more...] about Legalize Perceived age? YES!