by Kevin Banet | Nov 1, 2025 | mental health
Aches and Pains, but Strong Legs: Staying Active After 60 Is regular exercise for an older person really worth the trouble? Are brisk walks or runs possible for those of us who were never athletes in the first place? I came across a story on Reddit that caught my...
by Kevin Banet | Oct 27, 2025 | mental health
My new guide will help you in your aging journey When I began my research about the benefits of aging, I found a lot of falsehoods about aging out there. For example, today you’ll find encouragements to think young, to reverse your age, smooth out all your wrinkles,...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 12, 2025 | 60's Boy, Family, Generations
Filling up the Station Wagon With Happy Faces When I was about ten or eleven — the age when a child first starts to wonder about his own beginnings — I did a little arithmetic. To my delight, I discovered that I was born an even nine months after my parents were...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 6, 2025 | Family, Generations, Reminisce
Holding the Future in My Arms Somewhere on the streets of Chicago, there walks a young woman in her late 20s. I’ll call her Mona. When she was only about a month old, I held her in my arms. But sadly, I haven’t seen her since. Before she was born, on a cold winter...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 29, 2025 | 60's Boy, Family, Generations, History, Reminisce, Senior stories
Resilience in the Face of Life’s Difficulties The other day while scrolling online, I stumbled across a meme that stopped me in my tracks. It was macabre in design — a grinning skull, dark shadows around it — with the words: “Death smiles at everyone. Only the veteran...
