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Seeing the movie “RBG” (Ruth Bader Ginsberg) recently got me thinking: Here is this woman who has done so much for women’s rights during my lifetime. She won five gender discrimination cases...
DATE: Aug. 4, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Three people in my life have died in the past month. All of the deaths were sudden, unexpected and a total surprise to me. I don’t feel “finished” with any of these people. I would have liked to...
DATE: July 7, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Those of us in our 60s and 70s have lived our lives at the best and most exciting time in history. We were born into the 1940s and 1950s, and our lives will most likely end during the 2030s and...
DATE: May 31, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I really need and what I just want. My yoga teacher said something about it recently, and it’s stuck with me. As I go through my day, I’m questioning if...
DATE: May 4, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
It’s not spring cleaning anymore. Now it’s death cleaning. A new book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, taps into fear,...
DATE: April 7, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Shouldn’t our responsibilities lessen as we age? I’m thinking we did our careers, we did our families, now we can relax. Well, that doesn’t seem to be the reality many of us are experiencing. I...
DATE: March 2, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
I’ve recently experienced two near-collisions with cars. This has shaken me up! The first was walking to my car in the Kroegers parking lot when an SUV came barreling right at me. I jumped back up...
DATE: Feb. 2, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
A teacher at a retreat on living and dying I recently attended has written a book that has captured my attention. The title is The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About...
DATE: Jan. 7, 2018 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Barn’s burnt down – Now I can see the moon. – Mizuta Masahide My daughter-in-law’s parents’ house burned to the ground during the recent fires in Northern California. Nothing left! I feel close to...
DATE: Dec. 1, 2017 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
There we were, in the Rio Grande Gorge watching the eclipse, the solar flares and being in the quiet stillness of the moment. “Do you hear the canyon wren?” she says. In that life-changing moment,...
DATE: Nov. 4, 2017 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Verlena Collentine, 2017 Reflecting on Verlena’s life for the last time publicly, I particularly note two things, aside from the...
DATE: Oct. 7, 2017 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
Editor’s note: This column was written before Verlena Collentine’s death Aug. 16 from ovarian cancer. It is the third of a four-part series on her life and death. The first two articles appeared in...
DATE: Sept. 1, 2017 | COLUMN: Authentic Aging
