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The Gray-Haired Goliath Who Couldn’t Be Stopped
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...
They told me to “think young.” Here’s why I don’t anymore
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,...
Why I’m Glad My Parents Didn’t Wait for Me in the 1950s
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...
Sidewalk Counseling and the Baby Who Almost Wasn’t Born
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...