At the age of 80, Marilyn Dubois decided she was ready for a new career.

A group of grandparents bought their grandkids Wii video game systems but decided they were too much fun to just let the kids enjoy.

Three days after blowing out the candles on his 70th birthday cake, Connecticut resident George Brunstad decided to take a swim – across the English Channel.

Kent Couch was living a normal life as the owner of a gas station until he decided he wanted to do more. He decided it was time to reach for the stars – and he almost got there.

Rather than regretting the mistakes of his youth for the rest of his life, 59-year-old Mike Flynt decided to suit up and earn his way back onto the college football team he was once booted off.

The idea of retirement has always been associated with turning 65 and moving to Florida to golf and relax. Well, one man and his wife decided to change the whole concept of retiring and created a new roadmap for those ready to retire.

Pat and Cat Patterson aren't your ordinary couple. Emerging from divorces and financial stress, the two met and decided to rebuild their lives together and did so as they bike across four continents and 57 countries in four years!

54-year-old mother, grandmother and nurse's assistant Jennie Long had plenty to keep her busy. Then, she decided to add homework to the mix, by going back to school.

At 71, food columnist Mary Ryder took a shot at a new hobby -- turkey hunting.

50-year-old Carla Hoppie isn't your average college freshman.

After putting his other passions on the backburner for more than 20 years, legendary singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro started growing bolder and taking chances with his life and career and started painting.

Many people take up new sports in their better years, but after turning 78, one woman decided to take up weightlifting.

When doctors told Reuben McDonald that his failing lungs only had a few breaths left in them, he decided to become his own health advocate. After a double lung transplant, he's breathing easy and sharing his story with others who have lost hope.

To promote health and fitness for seniors and to educate people about the preventable disease of Type II diabetes, one 70-year-old decided to rollerski his way across Canada.

He says we're entering the age of the cheapskates and the titan of tightwads, Jeff Yeager, challenges everyone to go a week without spending a dime! Can you do it?

Cliff Eggink, aka the Iron Geezer, gives hope to couch potatoes everywhere.

Barbara Hillary is a 75-year-old cancer survivor who recently became the first black woman to reach the North Pole.

A few short months after battling thyroid cancer, Marc Jarkow grabbed his bicyle and took off for Paris to compete in a 750-mile race.

To celebrate his 80th birthday, Kenneth Smith decided to hike across the state of Florida. His companions? Other hikers over 80.

With the bills piling and the dishes sitting in sink, it's obvious we all have responsibilities in our life. But one woman, broadcast journalist Kathy McManus has another idea. Find out what she feels is the biggest responsibility we all have.

For many women, becoming a mother means letting go of lifelong dreams and fantasies. But for Judy Davids, being a 42-year-old mother with no musical experience meant beating the odds.

There are all kinds of ways to see the world. One couple decided to take the slow and scenic route on a tandem bicycle.

She may have been one of the most powerful and successful women on Wall Street but Linda Franklin turned 50 and decided to take another road in life.

Marjorie Thompson had her passions and goals, but life had other plans for her. She accomplished a lot many can't say they have, but Thompson still yearned for more.

Girls do many things with their mothers – shop, talk, cook. But not many daughters can say that they wrote a book with their mom. D.G. Fulford, a grandmother herself, did just that with her 89-year-old mother.

Kaye Stevens has sung, danced and acted her way to becoming the "prettiest funny girl" in show business. Now, at age 75, she's still touring and thrilling audiences.

For many breaking a bone in their body means no more physical activity. For Neil Gussman, who broke bones in his neck, ribs and numerous others in a biking accident, it meant coming back with a vengeance.

After retiring at the ripe old age of 50, Pat Paciello realized he had a lot of living left. So, in between his four rounds of golf a week, he wrote a humorous book about the joys of aging and retirement.

Inventions and ideas unfortunately sometimes stay just that. But Jean Newell decided to turn her ideas into a business and changed her title to "entrepreneur."

Ray Zahab used to be a smoker who lived an unhealthy life. After a few major life changes, he's on the other side of the spectrum, running marathons, raising awareness for important causes and living an adventurous life.