Humor
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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
“There is not one, single moment of one, single day that I would ever want to live over. not even the first kiss my husband gave me–that Malibu night, as waves crashed against the sand and my heart felt like a thousand stars imploding–could lure me back.” Read more
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MEANING, MESSAGES AND MERMAIDS
My 13 year-old still likes me to tell her stories at night. Trust me, after the first few years of doing this I ran out of ideas–and yet–somehow they still come. Often they involve animals or mermaids (since I AM one), but ALWAYS they have a message. This is NOT intentional on my part. … Read more
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THE HUMOR OF ALZHEIMER’S
“There’s nothing funny about Alzheimer’s,” the woman in the audience told me. “It’s just awful–every single part of it–just awful.” As I recall I had just shared some funny moments my husband and I had spent with my grandmother who had Alzheimer’s for the 13 years she lived in our home. Keep in mind, I… Read more
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IF YOU CAN’T LAUGH ABOUT IT, YOU’LL JUST CRY
“30 years ago I saw myself on TV for the first time and was absolutely floored. It had nothing to do with my ill-fitting outfit or the strange way I had done my hair with barrettes that stuck out at weird angles…I never stopped smiling.” Read more
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KISSING YOUR TOMATOES!
“When I think about it, though, it really is the ‘little things’ in life that often make the deepest impressions on us. For the last few years, when my husband gets up before I do, he makes me a cup of coffee and leaves it on the counter. Even though he has done this at… Read more
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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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HELEN HUDSON HERE: BABY BOOMER SANDWICH ON WRY
“but who would ever have guessed that those barefoot, pot smoking, long-haired, free love children would find themselves so ‘un’free 40 years later?” 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
AGEFULLY AGING 