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How to Have a Happy Retirement
Coming to terms with being alone is crucial. Solitude is an older person’s need, something that has to be built into a day like all the other…
Gerald Marzorati
Gerald Marzorati on How He Learned to Love Retirement
‘People stop caring what you think about most everything, which, in its own way, is a form of freedom—if you can understand it that way.’
Suzy Weiss
22M
She Lost Her Husband. I Lost My Wife. Now We’re a Couple.
Love’s more complicated the second time around. The sweetness doesn’t erase the sorrow. The feelings coexist. We have each lost the love of our life…
Marty Goldensohn
Marty Goldensohn on Finding Late-in-Life Romance
‘It turns out that a key to aging is learning to live in a future that you did not see coming.’
Suzy Weiss
27M
The Secret of Good Grandparenting
Let your children be the parents they want to be, not the parents you want them to be.
Julie Rose
Julie Rose on the Dos and Don’ts of Grandparenting
The writer and her daughter discuss gentle parenting, generational differences, and giving grace along the way.
Suzy Weiss
25M
When the Phone Stops Ringing
I enjoyed the prestige of touring with famous singers, but I knew—absolutely knew—that it was not my true destiny.
Steven Blier
Steven Blier on Living Beyond the Spotlight
The musician on performing with the stars, coming to terms with the limits of ambition, and the biggest difference between your 60s and 70s.
Suzy Weiss
30M
I Was a Bad Dad. Then My Son Gave Me a Second Chance.
In my 30s, I wasn’t there for my three older kids. Then I had a fourth the year I turned 59, and he was my redemption staring me in the face.
Joe Nocera
Joe Nocera on Becoming a Better Dad
The Free Press editor on second chances, what fatherhood looks like at 73, and the inspiration for our Ancient Wisdom series.
Suzy Weiss
33M
The Surprising Pleasures of Widowhood
After my husband of 34 years died of dementia, my first emotion was ‘grie-lief.’ The next 15 years were better than I could have imagined.
Elinor Lipman
Elinor Lipman on Learning to Enjoy Widowhood
The novelist talks about her late husband, her current “husband-like friend,” and how to cope with widowhood.
Suzy Weiss
25M
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