This a lovely story about a senior citizen college student. Her message “Growing Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional” is a special one. If we’re lucky, we’ll reach a ripe old age like her. On the first day of school, our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t…
Countless euphemisms have been penned about geezerdom, such as “strolling into the sunset of life,” but anyone who regards aging as the most fun you can have without giggling with glee needs a brain scan (to prove that they still have one). I saw the great actor Hume Cronyn, then in his eighties, interviewed on…
I haven’t thought about fender skirts in years. When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress. More Words That Disappeared Thinking about fender skirts started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice. Like…
Here’s more evidence that — in medicine, as in all of life — prayer and prayer groups seem to work in mysterious ways. People Who Are Prayed for Fare Better In one recent study, women at an in vitro fertilization clinic had higher pregnancy rates when total strangers were praying for them. Another study…
As we all age, the one thing we can almost certainly count on gaining is wisdom. Here are 16 things it took me 50 years to learn. It’s unfortunate that most life lessons are learned the hard way. 50 Years Later: I Learned 16 Things You will never find anybody who can give you a…
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