aging
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YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
“Although it is very, very dark in the deep recesses of my curvy little cerebellum, I AM what I Think. Don’t argue with me because I have been around long enough to know the concrete, crystalline truth of that statement.” Read more
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CATS MAY HAVE NINE LIVES—WE DON’T
“My mother got that dementia thing,” he told me. “Put her in a home and that was that. Don’t know what all the fuss is about. You can put ’em anywhere. Doesn’t matter. They don’t know where they are anyway.” Read more
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THE “A” WORD
“She kissed tomatoes in the market, talked to the TV set when it wasn’t on and covered everything in our house with Kleenex.” Read more
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CAREGIVERS, UNSUNG YET SINGING
“Because she had no memory, we often told her it was our birthday simply to have the joy of hearing her sing that familiar refrain to us.” Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 