"Rona, you're nothing but a public leaning post!" That was my mother after the gazillionth stranger began telling me his story while waiting at a crosswalk. Or maybe it was in a store, or on a subway, or in a movie line. Since I was nine years old, everywhere I went, people would tell me their … [Read more...]

“To make the world a nicer place to age, one wish at a time.” This is the grand vision of the TWILIGHT WISH FOUNDATION: turning seniors' wishes, unfulfilled dreams, and experiences they've always yearned for into reality. “We have a lack in our country of showing those who have paved the … [Read more...]

A colleague of mine claimed that he’s talked me down off the ledge so many times in the past couple of years that I should stay there.  At least,” he joked, “We would know where to find you!” Hey, I had my ledge.  George Bailey had his bridge.  We all have our own toes-over-the edge … [Read more...]

Everybody, sing! “Up on the housetop slip, crash, crawl, Poor ol’ Santa took a fall …” No doubt someone ran an extension cord to string lights and forgot to secure the cord. What a nightmare before Christmas for the tripped up little old driver who will no longer be so lively and … [Read more...]

A question has been bugging me: Why is it that at this point in our lives, the first section we turn to in the newspaper is the obituaries? I'm dying to know. Seriously, my close-in-age friends testify to reading the obits as religiously as others check the box scores or stocks. My friends and … [Read more...]

The recent death of my beloved friend still has me reeling. Many people, myself included, aren’t fond of even thinking about death, let alone planning for it. We all know our lives are our responsibility. In our early years, making decisions was fairly easy. We went to school, got a job or a … [Read more...]