Category: Aging

Our Best, For the Given Time

There is a tendency to glamorize our youth, to remember – incorrectly – all the days as joyous and carefree. We yearn for a time

Getting Silly Old

In truth, I am getting old. But I don’t have to act like it! As children, we were told to act more mature than our

Sunrise

Orange intensity. Instead of signaling the winding down of the day – a time of relaxation I used to relish – I have a new

A Limited Time

Your time is limited. You’ll no longer live forever, as it once seemed. You do not have your entire life ahead of you – just

Patch & Go!

The older I get, the more I have to patch myself up. A little Physical Therapy here, a light surgery there, a new regimen for

Beyond Limitations

We all encounter physical points of weakness: a bum knee, stiff joints, vertigo, maybe cancer or a heart condition. These seem overwhelming! At first; but

Graceful Acceptance

How does one gracefully accept the limits of age without conceding too much, without giving up too early, without creating unnecessary limitations of the mind

Memory Loss

Short-term, long-term, it’s all going. Sometimes I can’t remember what I just did, or what I need to do in ten minutes. I call that

Limited Time

When you’re young, you’re in a hurry … in a rush to experience, to see, to reach. There is so much out there! You want

Kids Grow Up

I have watched my children grow to a point where they can take better care of themselves than I can, where they can do things