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    It's Official. I Have Mellowed With Age

    JANUARY 24, 2013 12:51PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: patience has finally arrived!, car repair horrors stories, temperament, aging

    • Editor's Pick
    • 67 Ratings
    • 3727 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    Looking Back on My 60s

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 2:47PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: aging, reflection, appreciation, turning 70

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    • 27 Ratings
    • 5114 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Slave to (Plastic g)Love: Color My Hair Until I Die?

    AUGUST 16, 2012 5:50PM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: hair, aging, women, beauty, anna wintour, meryl streep, yes i totally know about paul ryan and unemployment and the war but right now this is very important to me

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2984 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    No One to Watch Over Me

    AUGUST 9, 2012 1:55PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: caregiver burnout, aging, disability, depression, mental illness, caretaking, caregiving, single living, divorce, marriage, family, families, caring for disabled family, disability, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2747 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    If the Phone Rings, Don't Answer It

    JUNE 14, 2012 11:54PM

    By Jan Wilberg


    Topics: phone phobia, disability, aging, hearing loss

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 3313 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Fifty

    FEBRUARY 28, 2012 9:43AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: aging, aarp, whining, winning?, lasers, botox, clairol, melanie griffith at the academy awards

    • Editor's Pick
    • 60 Ratings
    • 2550 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Visiting Violet

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 2:37PM

    By dirndl skirt


    Topics: self-doubt, artists, roots, drawing, companionship, aging

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 1953 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Grace

    FEBRUARY 11, 2012 8:01PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: dementia, death, illness, aging, grief, optimism, hope, grace, love, family, vascular dementia, frog in soup

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 803 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Old Gray Mare

    JANUARY 31, 2012 11:34AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: family camp, dog, aging

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 1811 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Dad's New Normal

    JANUARY 31, 2012 11:07AM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: pipeline, florida primary, dementia, aging

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 8847 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Note to Caitlin: Joan Didion Is Not Your BFF

    JANUARY 13, 2012 8:19AM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: mortality, aging, books, caitlin flanagan, joan didion, blue nights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1012 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    A Mother of Mistaken Identity

    NOVEMBER 19, 2011 10:41AM

    By Lorraine Duffy Merkl


    Topics: fashion, grooming, menopause, aging, true story

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1960 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Growing Up at My High School Reunion

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 2:23PM

    By Regina Landor


    Topics: friends, non friends, reunions, aging, growing, learning

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 4014 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Reflected Addiction

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 8:19AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: journal, home, aging, beauty, comedy, family, open+call, lifestyle, life, humor

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1381 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Turning 50

    AUGUST 10, 2011 5:42AM

    By Ranjani Iyer Mohanty


    Topics: wayne gretzky, george clooney, barack obama, life, aging, demography, turning 50

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1274 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Like I Said (A Dementia Vignette)

    JULY 13, 2011 2:09PM

    By JoAnne Lehman


    Topics: memory, comedy, family, memoir, caregiving, alzheimer's, aging, elderly parents, dementia, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 670 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Survivor's Guilt

    JUNE 3, 2011 6:43AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: mother-daughter bonds, youth, queen elizabeth, aging, moving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1900 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    The Times They Are A Changin': Bob Dylan Turns 70!!

    MAY 25, 2011 5:00PM

    By trilogy


    Topics: aging, like a rolling stone, ballad of a thin man, highway 61 revisited, bob dylan, music

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1051 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    60 Under 60 List Honors the No-Longer-Youthful

    MAY 16, 2011 1:20PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: aging, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1521 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Leaving Annapolis--An Alzheimers Story

    MAY 11, 2011 7:49AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: true story, alzheimers, annapolis, aging, retirement, health, aging parents, dementia

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