
This Cataract Awareness Month, I’m partnering with Johnson & Johnson Vision to tell my experience with cataracts and cataract surgery. Cataracts are a normal part of aging. They form from protein that clumps together inside the eye’s natural lens, resulting in a clouded lens that becomes cloudy and discolored. This causes light rays to scatter […]


If you want to age gracefully, you need to stop stressing about wrinkles or gray hair and start caring about your overall health and wellbeing. The journey from childhood to becoming an adult brings evolving perceptions of what it means to age, and adulthood is often viewed through a lens shaped by cultural and […]

HOW I SURVIVED CANCER – AND SO DID MY GRANDDAUGHTER I am a fortunate and grateful cancer survivor. So is my young granddaughter, Skylar. As a breast cancer survivor, I understand the challenges faced by others diagnosed with cancer, including the emotional and physical journey that comes with being a cancer patient. I had two […]

Today’s post was contributed by a member of my private Facebook group, GRANDwomen with Moxie: Where Loneliness Disappears. Merry Lynch Pavlak offers a fascinating perspective as an expat living in Poland and coming together with other cultures. Certainly, by now, you know that you have some gifts that you could share with the world. And […]