Earlier this week I impulsively phoned Polly, a kind-hearted, no-nonsense woman old enough to be mother. Except at church, I hadn’t talked with her since...
Aging
A life sentence takes on new meaning for prisoners serving time well into their 60s, 70s, 80s, and even 90s. Hearing loss and dementia make it difficult for...
Audiences like Sally Field. They really, really like her. And in her new film, Hello, My Name Is Doris (Roadside Attractions, 2016), she is poignantly human...
The first Star Wars film came out when I was just a year old. I have a sentimental attachment to the franchise, but my 10-year-old daughter is the real deal: a...
Despite our best intentions, sometimes we fail at aiding our aging parents. Joyce Rupp says empathy is a good place to start. Servant of Mary Sister Joyce Rupp...
By Joyce Rupp (Ave Maria, 2015) The dozen books that Joyce Rupp has published with Ave Maria Press have sold more than a million copies, making Rupp a...
As a child, Laura Anthony visited her grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s, every weekend after Mass. “As a kid I never knew what to talk about,” she says. “It was...
As we grow older, we no longer need to “fit in” but are free to be ourselves and explore new ideas. “Old age,” the Austrian novelist...
A few years ago, Erie Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister, a prolific spiritual writer and one of the most prominent, outspoken contemporary American Catholic...
Retirement may seem like a long vacation, but making the most of those post-career years still takes plenty of hard work. There are dozens of reasons why David...
