Does Life Get Easier With Age?

Or do challenges just change?
​By: Tess Wheeler 
​We live in such a youth-orientated world, we’re often made to feel past our sell-by dates as we hit middle-age and beyond. Popular culture is mainly aimed at people in their teens and twenties. The media, fashion, music, and leisure — by fifty-plus, we’re no longer the target audience.​

Stepping Stones

By: Carol Price
I chose to walk across the stepping stones.
​I carefully placed one foot in front of the other as I crossed the living water. There was a slight wobble from time to time, but that’s OK. No one is expected to get it entirely right on every occasion.

My Journey to Accepting my Age 

What will your journey be? 
By: Nancy Peckenham
​When I turned 58 years old it hit me. I could no longer deny I was getting old. My younger son graduated from high school that year and I was already sealing off empty rooms at home. I had just sold my small online news business and I had no plans to start another venture. I secretly wanted to be hired by an established media outlet that would value my experience, but I knew that was never to be.

It's the Little Moments

By: Joe Wheeler
​If you look at the pictures on the walls of peoples homes, you would assume that it’s the big events that matter. You may see pictures that commemorate the birth of a child, that child’s first steps, the year they won the science fair competition, etc. You may see wedding pictures and graduation pictures...

Must Our Sex Lives Die Before We Do? 

Sex doesn’t have to stop after any age but recognizing and responding to its challenges is necessary
By: David Mokotoff
​“Do you believe in same sex marriage?” a man was asked. “Of course I do,” he responded. “I have been married to the same woman for 40 years and we have been having the same sex for all of those years” This old joke takes on more significance as we age.