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Are You Aging Graciously?
Every time my 32-year-old son says, “Oh, man, I’m getting old,” I want to smack him. I don’t, of course, because (1) I love him and (2) he’s just doing what we all do. It has become the norm in our...
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On Aging and Mothers
by Kassandra Lamb (We’re posting early this week, in honor of Mother’s Day) Mother’s Day is a bittersweet occasion for me now. I only have one card to pick out — for the awesome mother of my grandsons,...
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The Big 6-0 (plus a new release)
by Vinnie Hansen I just turned 60. Shhhhhhh. I received my first official senior discount at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. I’ve been told these are the wonder years as in, “I wonder where I...
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5 Positives of Getting Old–A Fun Look at the Joys of Aging
by Kassandra Lamb You know you are truly old when you apply for Social Security. Yup, I recently signed up for what my grandmother called her “old age pension.” When I taught Developmental Psychology,...
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15 Things You Should Do (or Learn) By the Time You’re 62
by Kassandra Lamb This was inspired by a Huffington Post blog post my daughter-in-law shared on Facebook recently, called 30 Things That Will (Probably) Happen in Your 30’s. I highly recommend it. So...
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This Ain’t Your Grandmother’s Old Age Home!
by Kassandra Lamb My husband and I are starting to look into retirement communities. Now wait, before those of you under 50 freak out and click away to some other post… we’re not talking your...
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Creativity and the Baby Boom Woman
by Kassandra Lamb I recently became more active in an online writers group for women of a “certain age.” I’m noticing some interesting psychological trends there. If you read the bios of the members,...
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15 Things We Should Do (or Learn) by the Time We’re 62 (encore)
by Kassandra Lamb I’ve been at a writer’s conference all weekend, so no time to write a blog post. It was an incredible and very different kind of conference, and I’ll tell you all about it next week,...
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4 More Things To Do (or Learn) by the Time You’re 64
by Kassandra Lamb Sunday I turned 64 — the age that the Beatles made famous… “Will you still need me, will you still…” Two years ago, I posted about 15 Things We Should Do (Or Learn) by the Time We’re...
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Life Is What Happens While We’re Making Other Plans
by Kassandra Lamb Hubs and I went to his 50th high school reunion this last Friday. Wow, just wow! Back in high school, we didn’t really get that we would someday be 50 years old, much less 50 years...
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Love Mellowed
by Kassandra Lamb Love, like cheese and wine, tends to get better with age, in a mellow kind of way. Oh yes, it can go in the direction of moldy or potentially turn into vinegar, but more often than...
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Medicare and Me, Oh My!
by Kassandra Lamb OMG, I’m on Medicare! How did that happen? They sent me this thick booklet. Have I read it? Well, um, no. As a friend of mine once said on the occasion of her 50th birthday, “How did...
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An Attitude of Gratitude
by Kassandra Lamb Thanksgiving is always a reminder that one should be grateful for one’s blessings. I found this harder to do this year. The last six months have been a rough time in my household. We...
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Laugh Lines Make the Best Wrinkles #BOAW2018
by Kassandra Lamb This would normally be an “off” week for our blog, but I’m participating in the Beauty of a Woman Blogfest VII this week, as I’ve done each year since its inception (or maybe I jumped...
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15 Things You Should Do (or Learn) By the Time You’re 62
by Kassandra Lamb This was inspired by a Huffington Post blog post my daughter-in-law shared on Facebook recently, called 30 Things That Will (Probably) Happen in Your 30’s. I highly recommend it. So...
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This Ain’t Your Grandmother’s Old Age Home!
by Kassandra Lamb My husband and I are starting to look into retirement communities. Now wait, before those of you under 50 freak out and click away to some other post… we’re not talking your...
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Creativity and the Baby Boom Woman
by Kassandra Lamb I recently became more active in an online writers group for women of a “certain age.” I’m noticing some interesting psychological trends there. If you read the bios of the members,...
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15 Things We Should Do (or Learn) by the Time We’re 62 (encore)
by Kassandra Lamb I’ve been at a writer’s conference all weekend, so no time to write a blog post. It was an incredible and very different kind of conference, and I’ll tell you all about it next week,...
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4 More Things To Do (or Learn) by the Time You’re 64
by Kassandra Lamb Sunday I turned 64 — the age that the Beatles made famous… “Will you still need me, will you still…” Two years ago, I posted about 15 Things We Should Do (Or Learn) by the Time We’re...
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Life Is What Happens While We’re Making Other Plans
by Kassandra Lamb Hubs and I went to his 50th high school reunion this last Friday. Wow, just wow! Back in high school, we didn’t really get that we would someday be 50 years old, much less 50 years...
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