This is a story about me, a woman of a certain age, gray-haired and a little thick through the middle who, a few summers ago, asked a much younger, positively lithe national park guide …well, I asked her a question I didn’t really want answered. At lea… Continue reading
Weeks before my firstborn grandchild, Lyn, went off to her freshman year of college, she called to say goodbye. “I’d like to visit with you before I leave,” she said. “I have something I want to talk to you about.” I was delighted that she wanted to sp… Continue reading
As I approach the age at which my grandparents’ lives ended — when living past 70 was considered a full life — I feel an urgency to live life to the max. You could say I’m making up for lost time, for every opportunity I let slip by, every time I allow… Continue reading
In my childhood neighborhood, “moving on up” meant a 1970 move from our New York City apartment on 155th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues to a three-room apartment in a building on Riverside Drive West, near 159th Street in Washington Heig… Continue reading
As she turned 83, my mother, Jill Burger, declared that every birthday is worth marking in a big way. I jumped on a plane to be with her for her most recent special day when she was the star of a family party featuring cake, presents and three generati… Continue reading
If you’re over 60, you’ve reached a time of life with some great new possibilities, but also some new challenges. What’s pretty certain is that you’ll need to make some fresh choices and learn some new skills to stay happy. I’m turning 70 this year, an… Continue reading
(This story was originally published on Next Tribe.) Years ago, when I found out I was pregnant with my second child, I knew what I wanted fervently in my heart. There was none of this “Oh, I don’t care if I have a boy or a girl — I just want the baby … Continue reading
I don’t think many of us give too much thought to the screen savers on our computers. Maybe you change the background photo every so often, or if you’re a purist, just switch the current solid color to another vibrant tone. Like many, I’m on my compute… Continue reading
Paddling down the Mississippi River in a canoe is something that people typically only dream about. KJ Milhone did it once when he was a young man, recently made a second attempt and now has visions, at age 60, of a third try. Milhone, an executive coa… Continue reading
They come in all sizes and shapes. Functional things. Decorative things. Whimsical things. Beautiful things. Sentimental things. In the end, though, they are, just things — stuff that our parents leave behind for us to keep, sell or dispose of. I know … Continue reading