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Six years ago, my brother was killed. He was murdered. Six months ago my friend’s husband died in his sleep. Twelve years ago, my mother died. She had Alzheimer’s Disease. Grief Grief over the loss of a loved one,...

It’s not a “Family Room” no matter how loud the TV plays or how much coffee they serve. The room is simply a “waiting- for -the –surgery- to -be -over room”. It’s a torture room where all the diverse...

Now that I’m a bit older, (a phrase I have come to accept), I keep running across the question, “Given the opportunity to look back, what are your regrets?” The question, however, assumes that I do regret something; the...

I just had a colonoscopy. No one likes to talk about such things, but there I said it! Colonoscopies are a blend of a symbol of getting older, since you don’t start experiencing them until age 50, added to...

I just moved. …Again. Risk averse, I am not. Afraid of change, not me. After years of embracing change, sometimes thinking that I thrive on chaos, I have learned that change has its advantages- and some disadvantages. Looking at...

I survived Irma. After ‘weathering’ many life adventures, including Hurricane Sandy, Irma felt like the biggest, scariest, most daunting meteorological happening yet. I guess the fact that it was the biggest Atlantic hurricane ever, that it covered the state...

I can’t sleep. How many times have I heard from friends that they have some sort of sleep challenge: I can’t fall asleep. I can’t stay asleep. I wake up way too early. I don’t have restful sleep. I...

My husband is turning 80 next week. Eighty is a big number. He keeps saying that he feels like 40. At forty he had already given up his special feat of jumping up on kitchen counters from a stand-still...

I just read an op-ed on how boomers are being ignored; how TV, commercials, movies and music are all geared toward the younger generations. We older folk are left out. The article exhorted our country, if that is possible,...

Well that was a bummer! Things don’t always go as planned. I’m wondering, as we get older, do we run into more road blocks and curve balls, or is it just that I can’t remember all of the challenges...