My husband only occasionally engaged in DIY projects with me “supervising,” but we did live for 45 years in a house built in 1911. And we loved our old house, despite its frequent need for repairs. Read More

It’s easy to laugh about senior moments when your parents lived long lives with their faculties intact. Not so easy for my friend whose mother and uncles all developed Alzheimer’s. Read More

As I reflect on dating from the time I became a teen to that fateful night when I met my husband-to-be, it was a pretty bleak time for a female. Read More

Thankfully, one summer 52 years ago my husband I made an impractical and probably irresponsible choice. It turned out to be one of the best decisions of our lives. Read More

But that food! I never knew everything imaginable could be fried. Read More

Looking back at my hobbies as a young girl, I realize how passive and home-bound they were. Read More

I come from a family that marked every special occasion with a family photo. Read More

I will never forget the actual anniversary of the day my mother died, April 19, 2015. Read More

I wondered if they would have been just as happy going to a resort near home that had a pool. Read More

My grandkids live in a very different world, characterized by mass shootings, increasing gun ownership, and everyday violence that claims so many lives in cities like Chicago near where I live. Read More