You only have to spend a few moments on social media to see how all of us love looking back at our childhood and young adulthood. So much like springtime, life was new and almost everything was a first in our lives. Somehow the newness of life leaves a lasting impression on all of us. […]

Last Saturday was my momma’s birthday. She turned 82 and I just wish I could keep up with her. I bought her a brilliant orange/gold rose called “Better than Gold.” She loved it but not as much as what my daddy bought her. He got her a weed-wacker and a garden blower. Her two acres […]

Do you have trouble finding something to fix for your older loved one? Well, my mama does! If you struggle to fix the foods that are good for your loved one and they like enough to eat, please share with us and all our readers! Daddy won’t eat what daddy doesn’t like and at 110 […]

When John Leland bounced onto the stage recently at The Institute on Aging, the crowd of mostly older seniors seemed to greet him with skepticism. He was there to talk about his new book, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old. “One year? You can’t learn much in that […]

Spurred by speculation that one disease was supplanting all others as the country’s biggest and most intractable health crises, Congress passed the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, which was signed into law in January 2011. The Act required: A concrete national plan for overcoming Alzheimer’s Coordinating research and services offered by federal agencies Accelerating development of treatments […]

Trouble. There’s always enough to go around. Borrowing it from tomorrow is not always a good idea. Yes, we should be aware of what could happen, but dwelling on it may rob us of the joys of today. There have been a lot of ups and downs lately with my parents. My daddy has been […]

I have to confess. Right now I’m without a walking buddy. My walking is suffering! I love a lot of the stories on Facebook. Yesterday I read about a fairly young man who offers himself to seniors who need a walking buddy. The older man who they interviewed said having the company of his younger […]

Most people are now aware of at least some of the more daunting facts about Alzheimer’s disease: An estimated 6.9 million Americans have the disease — a tally estimated to double by the year 2050. Nearly one of five Medicare dollars is spent on people with dementia; that amount is expected to rise to one […]

My daddy’s been sick for quite a while now. It’s been about six months since he’s really been himself. My parents live on two acres and keep the place looking like a park, but it’s been hard since daddy’s been sick. Mama is wearing down and I’ve come down with a bad bug, but just […]

For the past four or five months my daddy has been going downhill. He’s still wrestling with a urinary tract infection (UTI) that has been going on for months. Mama is stressed and tired. Daddy refuses dialysis. He lost his bladder to cancer 16 years ago and his kidneys have been compromised ever since. He’s […]