Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20232 min read
YOU KNOW YOU'RE OLD WHEN...
by Rose-Mary Rumbley You know you're old when you can call the names of THE ANDREW SISTERS! They are Patty, Lavern, and Maxine, and they...
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Celebrating Life After 60
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TWO OLD SUITCASES: A PRECIOUS TIME CAPSULE
by Kim Marvel My parents kept two old metal suitcases during their 68-year marriage, hauling them from house to house and storing them in...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20231 min read
MEET GAIL BROWN & ANGIE ROMERO - CELEBRATION'S TRAVEL NURSES
by Debra Saxon So, what do you do when you pay to travel with a group, but you are a retired nurse and there is a minor emergency? You...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20231 min read
MEET DOUG & PAM HAKALA - CELEBRATION TRAVEL VOLUNTEERS
by Debra Saxon Sometimes you meet people that you just fall in love with. Doug and Pam Hakala are those people for me. Doug and Pam...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20234 min read
EXPRESSING MY GRATEFULNESS!
by Mary Frances Hansen I want to thank all of my readers who have read my articles over the years. My desire is to inspire and motivate...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20234 min read
CHRISTMAS ON THE MILL BLOCK
by RD Foster The Christmas season on the Mill Block actually began sometime in September when we would wait in great anticipation for the...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20233 min read
TALLYING UP OUR PITCH COUNTS
by Dave Friant End of another year about to be penciled-in on the scoresheet. Another twelve months in the books. Performing...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Nov 28, 20232 min read
RSV AND HOW TO PREVENT IT
by Jennifer Golden, Tom Thumb Pharmacy Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that can cause cold-like symptoms....
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20235 min read
DEFEAT NOT AN OPTION: A HERO’S STORY
by Dave Friant Sauna-like conditions around here have finally bitten the dust. Good riddance. Efforts are underway to reunite with...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
LIFE IS A JOURNEY OF EXPERIENCES
by Mary Frances Hansen Life is like a journey on a train, with its stations, Change of routes, differing scenes, and accidents! At birth...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING YOUR RISK OF GLAUCOMA
by Ashish Singh, MD The Importance of Understanding Glaucoma Perception and connection: two crucial components of daily life that stem...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
YOU KNOW YOU'RE OLD WHEN...
by Rose-Mary Rumbley You know you're old when you remember wearing a skate key around your neck. Now, you boomers, you had much better...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
A JOLT FROM JILL
by Jill Rumbley Beam When I retired in 2015, I thought what am I going to do now? I even wrote a parody to the song, I WILL SURVIVE. by...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20232 min read
MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS
Chelsea Couch, HHSC Statewide Texercise Coordinator Engaging in healthy behaviors as we age can help ensure we experience the best...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20232 min read
OBSERVING WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY
The HHSC Vision Loss and Older Adults Workgroup Members First designated in 1968 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Oct. 15 is White Cane...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
LIFE BESIDE THE RAILYARD
by RD Foster The railyard was just a half a block east of our house in McKinney and trains ran constantly, twenty-four hours a day. At...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
WORKING HARD FOR THE MONEY
by RD Foster My first Christmas on the Mill Block, I got a brand-new bicycle and that was the best Christmas ever, so far. I was five...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
MILL BLOCK KID
by RD Foster In 1953 we moved from what seemed like life on the frontier, Farmersville TX, to the big city of McKinney. McKinney was...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
LESSONS FROM LITTLE LEAGUE
by RD Foster One passion my brothers and I had growing up was playing baseball. The love of the game was instilled in us at an early age...
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Celebrating Life After 60
Sep 25, 20233 min read
REFLECTIONS: October/November 2023
by Katie Butler Johnson I see it all in my mind’s eye. It’s 1997. Grandson Logan is about 3. He’s running up the jetway from his San...
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