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Position: Patient Parenting
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Position: Patient Parenting
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A man I’ve known for several years recently chose to use the Medical Aid in Dying/End of Life Options Act to end his life. He was an older man, riddled with illness, a perfect candidate for this...
DATE: Feb. 6, 2021 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
I was watching “The Crown” the other evening and for a split second thought, “Nobody’s wearing masks, and they’re all gathering too closely together!” It startled me that I’m so used to living in...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2021 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
It all just sort of happened. The news that my granddaughter had to begin her high school years online instead of in person devastated me. I remember how fun high school was – the crushes, the...
DATE: Dec. 5, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
November is the cruelest month. It is the month when people I’ve known and loved have died. The clocks change and now it’s dark at 6. COVID-19 is still rampant with no end in sight. The election...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
I had a COVID-19 test! It was negative, so I can breathe a sigh of relief. But the process of deciding to have the test, alerting people I had been with and the never-ending wait for the results...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
At one of those BYOB/backyard, socially distanced happy hours, a friend asked the question: “What have you learned about yourself during this pandemic?” I thought it was a brilliant question and...
DATE: Sept. 4, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
It truly is a season of loss. Loss of our freedom and casualness to just come and go as we please. It’s a loss of seeing people we love and groups of people we’re used to meeting with. It’s...
DATE: Aug. 1, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Sadly, I fear that we are experiencing another division between us during this pandemic. There is political discord, racial inequity, economic disparity, differences in the care of our...
DATE: July 4, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
What if ... we chose to see this virus moment and this people’s revolt as an opening – a moment long enough to see ourselves, see the systems we’ve lived under for so long, and see our culture and...
DATE: June 6, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
During this time of staying in (both in my house and in myself), I’ve come face to face with death. I have not gotten the virus, and I thank my lucky stars for that, but it’s brought up the...
DATE: May 2, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
I think it’s Saturday – hard to know – the days are all the same now. This recent health crisis has brought up lots of emotions for everyone, young and old. Most people have a certain amount of...
DATE: April 4, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Where are you on the spectrum of solitude, or being out in the community interacting with others? Has our line between introversion and extroversion changed as we age? Many of us struggle with...
DATE: March 7, 2020 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
