I keep running across the phrase “aging gracefully” in magazines and posts for us sweetly ripened folks. But isn’t the naked truth that we’re more likely aging grossfully, regardless of how hard we try to gloss over the wrinkles of memory dullness, wit dullness, intellectual dullness, and physical dullness? Let’s face it, my sweetly ripened ...
Age is Only a Number
Since I’ve had two knees replacements this year, I seem to be dwelling on parts of me I never noticed before. Dang, they ache. Who would’ve thought that one nickel-sized spot on the backside of your knee could feel just like a donkey sounds when it brays? I stumbled across an excerpt from my book ...
Baby-Loves
I returned on Monday after a three-week trip, starved to devour the nourishing presence of my grands. I’m spoiled, you see, by the fact that they live next door, and I’m blessed to be part of the everyday lives of my twin almost 3-year-olds and their 7-year-old brother. (I also have another 1-year-old grandbuddy who ...