“What mothers need, as well as fathers, spouses, and the children of aging parents, is an entire national infrastructure of care, every bit as important as the physical infrastructure of roads, bridges, tunnels, broadband, parks and public works.” NeedsWellsChildrenImportantCareMotherFatherBitsParentAgingBridgesParksSpouseInfrastructureTunnelsBroadbandAging Parents Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“It may well be that the pictures of Courbet, Manet, Monet and their like contain beauties which escape the notice of such old romantic heads as ours, already streaked with silver threads.” WellsMayAgingSilverThreadMonet Author:Theophile Gautier
“My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Self-confidence was a powerful beauty-potion; I looked better because I felt better. Failure and grief as well as success and love had served me well. Finally, I was tapping into that most hard-won of your dews: wisdom.” WellsSelfHardWisdomFacesFeltPowerfulGriefComfortableAnd LoveAgingSelf ConfidenceFortyDewTapping Author:Nancy A. Collins
“Those who sage as they age view aging not as a hardship but, rather, as a precious gift filled with promise and replete with possibilities. We may age graciously into simplicity and love, allowing the power from our sense of well-being to permeate the atmosphere around us, or we may vault into older age revved up and in high gear.” WellsMayAgeViewsPossibilityPromiseAnd LoveFilledAgingSimplicityWell BeingAtmosphereHardshipAllowingSageGearsPrecious GiftsVaults Book:Freedoms After 50 Source: Freedoms After 50