by Lillian Penner | Sep 4, 2025 | Aging, Grandparenting
“One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts.” Psalms 145:4 NIV Everybody’s ancestry includes two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, and on and on through the generations. Have...
by Bruce Cooper | Aug 26, 2025 | Aging
Last night, Peg would not take her meds again. I kind of blew it. Actually, let me rephrase that. I did blow it. I got really upset. One of her meds that she takes is a blood thinner, so that she does not get a blood clot, which she had a couple of years ago that...
by Joe McKeever | Aug 9, 2025 | Aging
“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand” (2 Timothy 4:6). The morning paper contained a tiny article about the Fort Morgan ferry that runs across Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island. The cost for one car and two...
by Joe McKeever | Jul 8, 2025 | Aging
“They will still bear fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and very green….” (Psalm 92:14). In no particular order–other than this is the order that occurred to me after going to bed last night (and getting up to write it down!)—here is what I do. Don’t miss the...
by David Ettinger | Jun 26, 2025 | Aging
Burial Wish If I don’t make it to the Rapture, my spirit will leave this world while my body goes into the ground. I trust my son will see to it that I get a proper burial, and depending how much is budgeted, I’d like to have a certain Bible verse etched on my...
by Michelle Lazurek | Jun 19, 2025 | Aging
As older people near the end of their lives, it is common for them to look back and see the mistakes they made and how they cannot fix them. It’s also common for older people to want to warn younger people in their families not to make the same mistakes they...