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Contemplating Three Tall Women
Imagine you are 92 years old and are actually able to have a conversation with the energetic, idealistic and naïve person you were at 26. Imagine further that your jaded 52 year-old self joins the conversation. What advice would you give to your younger selves? Would you disclose the heartaches...
Happy Birthday, you are now 65
I thought about discussing things Seniors might do when they reach retirement age.  I Googled just how many citizens fall into that category and was a bit taken aback by the number.   There are, according to Government Records, 1.6 million seniors presently roaming around the Country.  Probably having a...
Mother knows best
If memory serves, I was about 8 or 9 years old.  It was a Sunday in July and Mother was frying chicken and making a large bowl of potato salad.   Later in the afternoon we were expecting to have a picnic in the park with family and friends.  I...
The Joy of Retiring in Place
There is a sense of joy and happiness that comes along with continuing to live in your home through retirement. It’s also hard to beat the security and comfort of a familiar place. Several articles claim give lists of the “best places to retire” based on analyzing statistics, but these...
Overcoming Ageism
In this post, I describe two incidences where I had to deal with some level of ageism. None of the situations were overly dramatic or big learning experiences, but both of them are true.   On the road About a year ago, I stopped at an intersection with a 4...
The Golden Years
The Golden Girls was a popular weekly television comedy in the1980’s. It humorously depicted the scrapes and antics of four women living in retirement in one household. Each week they coped with a new situation which caused conflict and angst among them. Fortunately, the “girls” were able to resolve their...