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Growing Old

Duke! Mama's Home: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 10.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Ferndale Michigan, New Jersey, Influenza Epidemic, Diabetes, South Carolina, Glaucoma, Elbe Alabama, Detroit, Dachshund Dog, Dialysis, Growing Old, Living News
Lester Sloan

Back home again, her three-and-one-half hours of dialysis over, my mother negotiates her way through a maze of bags, chairs and boxes, toward the hazy out-of-focus shapes of the kitchen.

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Circles

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Reinvention, Growing Up, Solitude, Growing Old, Midlife, Dream Interpretation, Midlife Crisis, Family, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

There is an urgency lately that prevents me from wanting to be where and who I am right now. And no, it's not a mid-life crisis. I'm longing for yet another re-invention.

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95 year old Grandma Drops Boyfriend For 'Not Voting'

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Relationships, Politics and Relationships, Voting and Relationships, Growing Old, Voting, Elderly Voters, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

If I am only lucky enough to live to be 95 and energetic enough to have a 96 year-old boyfriend, I only hope that I also still have the good sense to break up with him on moral grounds.

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McCain, Obama, and Some Painful Truths About Aging

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 11.26.2008 | Living

Read More: John McCain, Brain, John Mccain Age, Senior Moment, Elderly, Aging, Growing Old, Living News
Dr. Robert Epstein

72-year-old McCain is the oldest person in U.S. history to run for the presidency. The age issue is one of many that will help decide the upcoming election. What's the truth about it?

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Americans Now Work Later Into Their Lives

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Working Later, Growing Old, Telecommuting, Retirement, Aarp, Business News

CHICAGO — Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into...

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Some Words for John Edwards

Emily Pease | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home

Read More: John Edwards, Growing Old, Men vs. Women, Rielle Hunter and John Edwards, Home News
Emily Pease

On TV, Andrea Mitchell expressed her dismay about the affair but John Harwood said the country needed to get beyond these narrow moral issues. What? That's when I started talking to my TV screen.

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Why Change Is Just A Breath Away

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Health, The Inner Life, Growing Old, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I just returned from a holiday in Europe where I spent my time relaxing in the sun in Italy and France. This trip was a bit different from most becau...

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