by Patricia Pondolfino Hilmer | Jul 5, 2026 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
As my parents aged, they stubbornly tried to maintain their autonomy while my siblings and I stubbornly tried to control their lives. It became dangerous for them to drive so we pleaded with them to give up their drivers’ licenses. Next, it became unsafe to go for...
by Ruth Jackson | Feb 9, 2026 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I was traveling in my mid-20s when a friend and I stopped for lunch. I ordered an iced tea. It tasted profoundly like dish soap. I confided in the person I was lunching with and she said, “send it back”. I couldn’t imagine it! “I just won’t drink it,” I said. My...
by Jill Helson | Jan 21, 2026 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I’ve come from a long family history of musicians. My maternal grandmother was a professional violinist, piano teacher, and church music director for Southern Baptists in Arkansas. My mother was a keyboardist and organist in the church where I grew up. My father was a...
by Sylvia S. Fox | Sep 15, 2025 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I was 60 years old when I was first diagnosed with osteoporosis after my first DXA scan, a low-dose, Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry scan to assess bone density and predict the risk of fractures. It was an unpleasant—and not uncommon—surprise. Like many women of my...
by Sharry Mullin | Jun 8, 2025 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
The poet Jane Hirshfield wrote the words: A day is vast. Until noon. Then it’s over. As a morning person, the words rang true for me. I am one who wakes up early with anticipation of the possibilities that the day can hold. But by two in the afternoon, the excitement...
by Karna Hanna | Apr 28, 2025 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
When my husband Don and I met in 1966 at the University of Kansas, it would have been hard to predict the passion for worldwide travel that has dominated our lives. Early indicators were not particularly aligned. Don grew up in a small rural farming town in western...
