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On Getting Older

The Year I Got Old

Sofia Aguilar | Posted 03.26.2013 | Latino Voices
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Sofia Aguilar

When I read and see how the millennials conduct themselves, how they date, socialize and lead their lives, I have nothing in my own history to compare it to. That piece on "The End of Courtship" made me feel from another era.

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I Am The Woman Who Used To Annoy Me

Karin Kasdin | Posted 10.31.2012 | Fifty
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Karin Kasdin

I'm sorry ladies, and I want you to know I'm eating my just desserts. I've left my phone or my sunglasses in restaurants and shops all over town. I vividly remember the lasagna I served at my sweet 16 party, but can't recall what I ate for dinner last night.

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A Surprising Reason Getting Older Is Hard

Debbie Leon | Posted 10.29.2012 | Fifty
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Debbie Leon

Among the indignities of getting older, the minute I turned 50 I started getting insulted by my mail.

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Declining With Dignity

Mary Walker Baron | Posted 03.31.2012 | Healthy Living
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Mary Walker Baron

There's nothing quite like "placing" an elderly family member in a "facility" to conjure up feelings of guilt and shame and anger and, yes, failure. None of those feelings was communicated to us in any way by my father-in-law.

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