Humor
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ARE YOU NORMAL?
Chances are if you don’t think you are, you really are. It’s the people who think they ARE normal that are frankly, wacky. For years, I have conducted my own completely, unscientific research and found the above to be quite true. Check it out yourself. Ask a group of friends and most will likely tell… Read more
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BACK UP!
As I deliver this bit of shocking news, I hope that you are not sitting down. Frankly, you need to be standing at attention. Here goes: if you are over 40, only about 60% of you have even thought about getting old. However, one third of you prefer, ‘not to think about aging at all.’ … Read more
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DON’T BAT AN EYELASH!
Several times in recent weeks, perfect strangers, when seeing me with my youngest daughter have said, “Gosh. You look just alike!” or, “Well I can sure tell that she’s your daughter!” Funny thing is, until I saw this picture tonight, I almost believed them! But a picture IS worth a thousand words. . . and… Read more
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TO KNOW, OR NOT TO KNOW; THAT IS THE ANSWER
45 years ago, an American Airlines stewardess at La Guardia airport, ushered me on to a departing, cross-country flight for which I had no reservation, no ticket and no money. She did not follow the rules or protocol despite the fact that I was clearly a minor. Instead, she ran back into the plane, alerted… Read more
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HAPPY ‘OLD’ YEAR
Well, now that the super rich are going to keep the rest of us from falling off the fiscal cliff, consider this: our elderly are going back into the workplace faster than you can shake a cane. Today alone, I was helped by more gray hairs than young folk. Walking into the supermarket, the stock… Read more
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HELP! I’VE FORGOTTEN MY PASSWORD AND CAN’T GET IN!
Honestly, if I have to create one more user ID or come up with one more stupid password that involves a capital letter, a number and 3 naked elves I’m gonna scream. (Never mind. I just did). Took me 10 minutes searching through my 11 pages of passwords to find what I was looking for… Read more
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GET WITH IT!!!
Well, while the rest of you wait to see who will be the next President, I am standing in line at Verizon. A tiny, white-haired woman in front of me is barking commands to the young man at the service desk. “No, I want the 4 “S” she hisses. “I’m upgrading from my iPhone. I… Read more
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DON’T WORRY
Do you know that they’ve done studies which PROVE over 90% of what we worry about NEVER happens! I’ve even READ the studies, so I ask you, why did I wake up at 5 AM this morning worried about my teenagers? Because I figure, MY worries are in that 10%. Go figure. Now, I admit,… Read more
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HELEN HUDSON HERE: GET REAL
Remember the days when you had to get your courage up to tell that special person how you felt? Or had to break off a relationship in PERSON? Not anymore. Now you just type what’s on your mind, click “SEND,” and you never even have to look them in the eye. Communication these days is… Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 