Send us a Text Message.Either you or someone you know is single for the first time in decades. Add to that the number of older adults, particularly women, who have been widowed, and you are in a tsunami of people 65+ who are looking for love.Author, jo

Send us a Text Message.It's become a cliche: older women in the media are portrayed as mothers, grandmothers, washed-up lovers, mother-in-laws. Think of the invasive mother-in-law in "Everyone Loves Raymond." And the same goes for "Steinfeld." And then t

Send us a Text Message. Im a big fan of the AARP Bulletin and was particularly taken by a cover article titled Super Agers. Id never heard that term before. Is a Super Ager someone whose appearance belies their age? Or is it someone who can do t

Send us a Text Message. Diana was that bookish girl who sat in the front of the classroom and always had her homework done. A self-described latch-key kid with a lot of time on her hands, she loved to record bits of Disney and other cartoons in many

Send us a Text Message. We all have bumps in our lives ranging from not-so-major (Think: a fender bender or a lost credit card) to the big stuff, like divorce, the death of a loved one, or the loss of a job. The challenge is navigating lifes biggest

Send us a Text Message.Janine Vanderburg is one of those women Id want to be on my team. I dont know if she can play pickleball, but I do know that her commitment to, as she says, slaying the ageism dragon is vitalsome might say all-consuming. She d

Send us a Text Message.Shannon Jarrotts grandmother never lived in the familys home but played a big role in Shannons and, eventually, her younger brothers lives. Her grandmother was there when she got off the school bus. She was there for the long, c

Send us a Text Message.Ageism does its best to stereotype older women (and men) as invisible, unhappy, and dependent. The message is: "If you think life sucks now, just wait because the longer you live, the worse it's going to get." Yikes!But Ashton Apple

Send us a Text Message.Your decisions should be based on your curiosity, not your fear. Are you curious why older people are the happiest demographic in the country? I know I am, which is why Sky Bergman, photographer, professor, and documentary filmm

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