by Willis Allen | Feb 9, 2023 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I feel like I beat the odds when I hiked the Mist Trail up Vernal and Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park May 20, 2022. The odds? I figured the odds were against me because of my age – 86. I had had a total right hip replacement in October 2020. And I had not...
by Deborah Armstrong Connolly | Jan 26, 2023 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I was raised in a privileged life. A happy childhood in a sylvan Denver suburb, a University of Colorado education, moving to LA where I followed my artistic curiosity and ending up working for Industrial Light and Magic – the Star Wars people. I met my future...
by Katherine Hough | Jan 12, 2023 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
In January of 2023, I will make 74 years young and my 10th year involved in the dragon boat community. But I wasn’t athletic until the age of 63. I was the oldest of eight kids growing up and I had a lot of responsibilities put on me, so playing sports was out of the...
by Sallie Dewitt | Dec 31, 2022 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
Shortly before Thanksgiving, my dear 92-year-old husband died under hospice care in our home. Now I am looking in the rear view mirror at a relationship that started when I was 23 years old and Jim was 42 -– 19 years my senior –– he was already widely recognized as a...
by Cathy Waterman | Dec 7, 2022 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
In 1980, a devastating diagnosis changed my life –– for the better. I had a physically taxing job in the photocopy industry held by few women at the time, while struggling on the home front in an emotionally exhausting relationship. When I found myself dropping...
by Joan Virginia Allen | Nov 22, 2022 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
“When I grow up, I want to be like you,” I said to my daughter, Cami. I was 80 years old. With those words, an amazing journey was set in motion that included travel, exploration, inspiration, transformation, and the creation of my first-ever business. My daughter...
