Margaret, seventy-two, can name every student from her forty-year teaching career. But she can't find the reading glasses she set down five minutes ago. "My memory's going," she says, completing the Sunday crossword in pen. The glasses are on her head. This is aging memory: brilliant at some things, ...Read More
We all want to be remembered fondly by our grandchildren. But it's not what you say, it's who you are that truly matters. It's about embodying traits that inspire admiration and respect. It's about actions speaking louder than words. And it's not just about being a good person, it's about ...Read More
There's a notable difference between aging and looking aged. The difference boils down to lifestyle. Looking older than you actually are often stems from certain lifestyle mistakes, many of which are made without even realizing it. Aging gracefully, on the other hand, comes with making conscious choices about your health ...Read More
My uncle has had the same haircut since the Reagan administration. Not similar—the exact same. Side part, medium length, a little longer on top, combed with the precision of someone defusing a bomb. His barber retired in 2015; he drove forty minutes to the man's house until he ...Read More
My therapist's office has one of those sound machines that's supposed to mimic ocean waves but actually sounds like static from a broken radio. It was during one of these sessions, surrounded by beige furniture and that incessant white noise, that I heard myself say something that stopped ...Read More
It happened during a perfectly pleasant Sunday dinner. My mother, slicing the roast chicken with surgical precision, asked without looking up: "So, are you still doing that writing thing?" The emphasis on "thing" was so subtle that a recording device might not have caught it. But my nervous ...Read More