For all the talk of how a Boomer generation will “challenge aging” by staying active and engaged; there are still people I meet who persist in making their age sound older than old. Among them there are those who have the mentality that they can’t wait for a retirement as if it was a deserved
Somehow today engaging in a discussion on what we might make of the promise of longevity takes a different tone, as I reflect on the loss of a dear close friend over the weekend. Words fail when it happens suddenly that a life passes on. All I can remember is the times we spent in
Our “self made communal living” in theory had it’s advantages and largely assumed that in this new arrangement our current friendships and share interests would stay the same. The success of this would also be dependent on numerous things, not the least of which would be how our financial goals would stay aligned and what
Over the years with friends of my age cohort, conversation has often wandered to the question of what we would do if we found ourselves “aging alone”. This came up even if we were in a couple, with the proposition (as I often say) of being “suddenly single”. It comes up more often now as