Most of us will agree we don’t want to grow old. Of course, we never think that when we are young.  Growing up, I wasted my years away, always wishing to be older.  First, it was, I can’t wait to be ten. Ten was a double-digit. Then it was, I can’t wait until I’m sixteen. ...

There are as many different attitudes about aging as there are people. Years ago, my mantra was “you’re only as old as you feel”. I was 23. It was easy to feel young then. In my thirties, I held stubbornly to the belief that I was “young for my age”—whatever that means. Fast-forward a couple ...

Cancer: The word means nothing to most people. But to the people who have it, or those close to them, the word means everything.