Growing Bolder Community

Hello Everyone.... A friend of mine introduced me to this site and it is great! I am a true Floridian, born ,raised and lived all my life in Florida. Boring? No way! people pay to visit this state:) However I am also hard of hearing and have been all my life. Luckily I had a family that encouraged me to be all I wanted to be. At that time (in the old days) it was hard. No amplified...

Think about the ways that hearing loss has impacted those around you. As State Chapter Coordinator for the Hearing Loss Association of Florida, I'd like to give you a personal example: "My hearing loss was detected when I was eight years old. Growing up in New Jersey in 1958, there was no Hearing Loss Association of America, so what was a parent to do? My family happened to be blessed...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Decades later, she wrote about her life-changing trip in her autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga." GrowingBolder.com is bringing you exclusive excerpts from the book. In part 1, she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter. In part...

As a new member of Growingbolder, I would like to communicate with others into Classic Cars. I am...

SO STOP KVETCHING ALREADY By Sunie Levin Kvetch and you'll lose your friends. Charlie is a constant complainer. You know the type. Oh boy, do you know! He's the type of guy that people of a certain age used to refer to as enjoying ill health. With Charlie, it's always something. "I have this pain in my neck, or I have an allergy to dust,...