Suicide and the Older Adult

This post may contain affiliate links, and I may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you.   Two days before Mother’s Day 2016, my brother’s mother-in-law, Jennifer*, committed suicide after taking an overdose of pills.  It was 2 1/2 months after her husband, Bill*, died after a long …

Identity Issues After Retirement

This post may contain affiliate links, and I may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. One of the first questions we are asked, and ask someone when first meeting them is “what do you do for a living”.  Whatever your job is, when it is lost due …

Pets as part of the Family

Taz Trista This post may contain affiliate links, and I may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. In 2018, two dogs I was fond of passed away.  They were both old and had suffered from ailments related to old age prior to their deaths. Trista  died in …

Introductory post

This blog is especially for people ages 60 and older. The baby boom generation is now between 73 and 55 years old.  Eventually, it is likely they will be anticipating various forms of grief, including, but not limited to, the death of a spouse and/or beloved pet.  It is my hope that this blog will …