Positive Aging by Dori Gillam
I’d love it if our overall society was more positive about aging. Shopping for birthday cards, I notice how many try to make fun of getting older rather than celebrating it. One card showed a cartoon of a white-haired man, bent over a cane, holding his back as if...
Together We Rise
Not having heard much about The Women's March, I was not inclined to participate. However, I joined the march last year on the 21st and it was remarkably thrilling to see the huge number of people who turned out to express their resistance to the new president....
My Time to Contribute
In a turbulent world, the focus group of Age Up at Bayview Retirement Community has helped give me resiliency and insight into Elderhood as not growing older so much, but growing wiser. Having more time to understand what juncture I am in my life, that it's not all...
Marching for Justice
The Women’s March on Sat. Jan. 13, 2018 was filled with thousands of adults and children coming from all over. People collectively believing and working with community leaders of our 21st century to build healthy, equitable communities. People coming together who...
Changing Careers after 50
Leaving a career to raise a family can be very rewarding. There are volunteer opportunities at every turn, field trips to chaperone, play dates to host, and best of all, getting to know your children at their very core. However, what happens when the kids get a...
