Have you ever played hide ‘n seek with a preschooler? Without fail, there’s always one little one that will simply cover her eyes when it’s her turn to hide. After all, if she can’t see you, you must not be able to see her – right? In some ways, we hold onto that concept of […]
On this, my 70th birthday, I am feeling rather frisky. And, I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit weary of all the doom-and-gloom aging statistics we’ve heard so much about lately; how the explosion of Baby Boomers is going to result disastrously in a disproportionate ratio of available caregivers, for example. (Although that […]
Certain milestones tend to give us pause, bringing us to a fork in the road that leads us to not only decide which path to take next but to reflect back on those we’ve chosen that have brought us to this point. Whether and to whom we might marry. Whether to have children, and if […]
Let’s take a step back in time, way back, to the year 1906. If we visited the Frankfurt Mental Asylum, perhaps we could peer over the shoulder of Dr. Alois Alzheimer as he obsessed over the cause behind the strange behaviors of a 51-year-old patient – and soon after, discovered the abnormal, tangled clumps and […]
Before there was such a thing as “American Idol,” we all grew up swooning over one or another of the dreamy teen idols of our day. Frank Sinatra. Elvis. The Beatles. They were golden in our eyes, infallible and unshakeable. Whatever else was going wrong in our hormone-induced, drama-filled teenage worlds, these stars could transport […]
All we need is love, right? Turn on any genre of music and within the first minute or two, you’re bound to hear someone crooning about it. And unless you’re listening to Disney children’s music with the grandkids, you’re not likely to hear so much as a stanza about the other things we REALLY need; […]
We all love stories of unsung heroes who are suddenly thrust into the spotlight to be recognized for their selflessness. This viral ad will touch your heartstrings with its portrayal of a man whose life is comprised of little behind-the-scenes heroic gestures for which he never receives a tangible reward. But in reality, have you […]
If it’s true that age is only a number, I’m wondering what that number is for me. In the words of the incredulous clerk who recently carded me when I tried to purchase nonalcoholic beer this past week, “You cannot be 70!” Whether she was serious or not, it made me think about what 70 […]
