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The Ultimate Role Reversal: When Your Kids Support You
5 min November 6, 2023Author: Jane Adams

The Ultimate Role Reversal: When Your Kids Support You

By Jane Adams

“I can’t afford my rent!” Jane Adams wrestles with where her money went—and whether to do the once unthinkable: accept funds from her kids....

Cognitive Tests for Two: Rattling Off F-Bombs With Mom
5 min October 9, 2023Author: Natalie Serber

Cognitive Tests for Two: Rattling Off F-Bombs With Mom

By Natalie Serber

With hopes of getting her 82-year-old mom to accept help, Natalie Serber took her for a cognitive test. The results were deflating--and surprising....

Wait for the Celebration: It’s Not an Empty Nest Yet
4 min September 25, 2023Author: Nancy Friedman

Wait for the Celebration: It’s Not an Empty Nest Yet

By Nancy Friedman

When your kid leaves for college, it's not the end of anything. It's the beginning of a long, tortured process that may or may not lead to an empty nest...

What You Never Expect When You Become a Grandmother
5 min August 30, 2023Author: Catherine Hiller

What You Never Expect When You Become a Grandmother

By Catherine Hiller

Catherine Hiller imagined a total love-fest with her first grandkid…but got something else entirely. Here's how she wooed the girl who stole her heart...

Helping Our Parents, and Ourselves, to Keep Living Boldly
3 min August 10, 2023Author: Jeannie Edmunds

Helping Our Parents, and Ourselves, to Keep Living Boldly

By Jeannie Edmunds

We're at a time in life that requires hard conversations with parents or partners about the future. Glowing Older helps plan for the later years....

A Different Kind of Unrequited Love: Recalling a Distant Mother
4 min August 4, 2023Author: Deborah Burns

A Different Kind of Unrequited Love: Recalling a Distant Mother

By Deborah Burns

Author Deborah Burns thinks she loved more than she was loved in the pivotal relationship of her life. But here’s the silver lining she’s discovered...

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