Posts Tagged ‘ageism’
Will Education Be Part of Your Second Act?
The year was 1978. I was almost 14. During dinner on that memorable night, my mother announced she was returning to school for her MBA. She had been a nurse for 10 years yet wanted something more: to be a nursing home administrator, or as she called it, “a business tycoon”. She was 39 years…
Read MoreI’m Officially a Senior Citizen
There’s a story to the picture above. The year was 2009. My partner and I were double-dating with some friends. He had recently celebrated his 50th birthday and I recently celebrated my 45th. We attended the St. Louis Butterfly House. When we approached the ticket booth, the employee asked how many tickets. “One adult, one…
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