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I started the "Get Fit" journey officially yesterday at my gym (downtown YMCA). I met with my...

Now that I have officially been told that I do not live in my neighborhood’s historic district, that I’m simply on the fringes (the story of my life), I have completely lost focus; my life has no direction. I now sit barefooted on the back step and drink cheap beer all day while I wave at the homeless men who slouch around in the area. I even laughed and clapped when one of them threw a beer...

What time is it ?It’s time to give up my life as I know it and go quietly to the nursing home.We enter through the big glass doors and I see strange people in wheel chairs, people wearing scrubs and one man moaning .These sights scare me, I want to go home.One lady approaches me and says “Welcome to your new homeCome lets see your new room.”I was put in a wheelchair and taken down a long...

It hurt. It always did. I just got used to it. After all, isn't that easier than doing something about it? Anyway, who has time in their lives for distractions like medical ailments. But it wouldn't go away. In fact, it kept getting worse. I couldn't bend over without looking like a 90 year old (my apologies to all the 90 year olds on growingbolder.com who are in better shape now than I ever...

I have had many phone calls and good wishes over the past few weeks about an incident that changed our lives. We had all been looking forward to the trip with anticipation for a year. The trip happened really because we lost 2 of our grandparents suddenly in 2007 and my mom wanted to create a magical moment for her entire family. So 11 of us (5 kids) and 6 adults headed on the journey of a...

Eric Shackle did it again. He's exposed another hidden gem. Another fantastic story on a person over the age of 100. We first learned of Eric through his wonderful articles on Olive Riley in Australia, who at age 108 was the World's Oldest Blogger. Or so he thought! Growing Bolder actually had the World's Oldest Blogger! She was 109 years old and also the oldest member of a social networking...

Let's Dance>>> I arrived at the address where someone had requested a taxi. I honked but no one...