Is life a box of chocolates or is it a series of passages with light chasing dark?

18-year-old folks look at life with energy and enthusiasm and know they can change. Older people have had to change a lot so they know how to do it. We can learn how to adapt to change and grow emotionally from learning from them.

Do you think getting older has compensations? Maybe each decade has something going for it.

Growing older is not fun. Your body under goes a lot of changes. And gravity is not your friend.

Up until I met Ethel, I never really thought that deeply about getting older and remaining vital, retaining joy in life and more. This piece is my own take on a subject that profoundly affected my life from then on.

Diagnosed with a lesion on my brain this year, this tries to express some the changes I am experiencing.

Time flies when you are having fun or spending money you don’t have.

Growing up and growing older and wondering what it is all about.

Relationships and what is left when the children are gone and it’s only the two of you – is that enough?

The effects of growing older.