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Tag Archives: baby-boomers
The Aging Challenge
“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength” – Betty Friedan Having spent all of my life with a disability I have learnt never to take anything for granted. If I accepted every “assumption” that … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged aging, baby-boomers, belief systems, change agent, cognition, denial, Eden Ryl, independent living, Pack Your Own Chute, retirement, seniors, technology, Terry Wiens, veterans
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A Dying Breed
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry” – William Shakespeare March 3, 1998 my father succumbed to a brief battle with cancer and left this world. This is dedicated … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged baby-boomers, Canadian Legion, Fathers, Manitoba, Mennonite, Ninette, polio, Sanitarium, silent majority, Terry Wiens, tuberculosis, Wiens, wisdom of age
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Stuck in the Middle…
“Most ‘Monty Python’ fans are, of course, baby-boomers, who have long been a nostalgic lot and are growing more so as they totter towards old age” – Terry Teachout There is an old adage that goes “being in the right place … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Disability, Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged #StudentDemandAction, activism, baby-boomers, change agent, Civil rights, Cognitive Dissonance, Emma Gonzalez, Gerontologist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, polio, Senator Marco Rubio, seniors, Terry Wiens
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Generational Gaps Killed Sears
“Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honour their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.” – Maya Angelou Growing up as a baby-boomer the arrival of … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, health, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged aging, baby-boomers, Free Speech Movement, Jack Weinberg, Millenials, Sandwich generation, Sears, seniors, silent majority, social media, technology, Terry Wiens, wisdom
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The Unexpected Legacy
“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I conquered my nightmares because of my dreams” – Jonas Salk In 1952 Dr. Jonas Salk introduced the first polio vaccine. He was so convinced of its effectiveness that he … Continue reading
Let It Come
“Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot The passing of Kenny Baker caught my attention this weekend and created a tsunami of thought. Although I remember many of Kenny’s movies I also … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Personal Life, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged activisim, baby-boomers, disabilit, George Eliot, Hypopituitarism, inclusion, Kenny Baker, Kubler-Ross, poetry, R2D2, seniors, Terry Wiens
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