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Young people today try to achieve a healthier work-life balance than the older generations did. Margaret’s younger son says it all the time, “All you and dad seemed to do was work and worry about us (the kids).” Our generation wants to also enjoy the journey of life—have time to be with friends and family, travel, exercise, pursue hobbies and give back. That’s just not the way we were when we were brought up. We are part of the cohort that strived to pursue both, and mostly only, family and work.  Oh, we tried to heed the concept of having...

At some point in our lives, you may have thought, “I wish our lives could be a series of hilarious comedy moments.” We’d find the humor in our daily activities, which the cartoonist Roz Chast does in her work. Laughter is healthy, for as the saying goes, it’s the best medicine in today’s grim world, especially with the horrendous situation in the Mideast. A good belly laugh would get us over a bad hair day, mean boss, rude drivers and snippy clerks. We’d live longer if we could laugh to our graves. Freud posited that humor may be the highest...

Some love them; some hate them but after the long three-year pandemic when so many of us took shelter, many alone, we think more of us might be amenable to gathering socially for a reunion. This includes a class reunion, a family get-together or a support group gathering—or anything else you might be invited to or think up.  For those who dislike the idea of getting together with a large group of people we haven’t seen perhaps in years, it might be about how we look now versus 30, 40 or 50 years ago. If a family reunion, some might...

Where we live at this stage of our lives often falls into one of two camps—do we stay put or, as we age, or downsize to an apartment, condominium or smaller home and, if we do, should we move close to family whether grown children, grandchildren, siblings, cousins or distant relatives we like?  Do we stay, or do we go?  Whatever your decision, we are here to guide you.  Some may opt to go back to a trend of long ago—multigenerational living. In fact, about 60 million households in this country are thought to do so and include two or...

  In this world of fast travel, bucket lists, health concerns, more doctor appointments and other me, me, me situations, have we forgotten to spread kindness to others along the way? When we perform an act of kindness, we often find we end up going where we might not expect. It makes us feel so good and raises our level of consciousness about how wonderful people can be. Also, it’s a fact that when someone is kind to you, you tend to pay it forward. It’s contagious in a healthy way. A woman Margaret knows, helped someone who was out...