Last week at church, my friend (actually my old Sunday School teacher) enthusiastically came up to me right before I was about to sneak into service and having read my blog the night before she said, “You know what?? I have said it before but I would n…
Today’s blog is dedicated to all my peers who still can’t figure out why I decided to work with “old fogies” when I graduated from college six years ago. The majority of my friends seem to have taken up jobs as consultants, teachers, grad student…
Some people sit around and think that the older you are, the less life there is to be lived. Let me introduce you to my mom because she has definitely shown me otherwise. On Friday she came back from a trip to South Africa. She’d never been…
Have you seen the recent Yahoo News! article on the couple that got married at age 90 and 100?? Yes, love and attraction still exists in old age. In my last job, I worked at an awesome retirement community and this story reminds me of the r…
As they inch closer to their 30th birthday, I often hear my friends say they’re feeling “old”. My birthday is drawing closer, and I’ll be honest, 28 sounds so much older and less adventurous than 27 does. It’s true, in today’s society…
Dr. Bill Thomas is an international expert on elderhood and geriatric medicine. He is the founder of the Eden Alternative and Green House Project, a writer and musician. Follow Dr. Bill on Twitter and Facebook.
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