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# 70Candles.com

Stories from women in their 70's...and beyond!

## Posts

- [New Eyes](https://70candles.com/new-eyes) - Susan, Almost 75 As many of you know from my writings, I am new to Maine. It's been nearly five years since I ventured north, just before the pandemic. Being sequestered for a few years has made me very aware of interpersonal relationships. Perhaps because I know so few people here. Now that we can
- [We’ve Come A Long Way](https://70candles.com/weve-come-a-long-way) - by Barbara Mende Despite COVID-19, I believe that life keeps getting better. When people talk about the good old days, I ask them whether they'd have wanted to die of polio or measles or pneumonia. And whether they can imagine a pediatrician being forced to retire before she was 50 because of cataracts – as
- [Why I Won't Ever Delete You](https://70candles.com/why-i-wont-ever-delete-you) - Sherrill Pool Elizondo, Age 77 Every morning, when I sit down with my cup of coffee, I check my phone and delete unwanted emails, read and respond to text messages, listen to any voicemails, look at the weather, and read the news. Then I vow to declutter my phone. I find this almost as difficult
- [Hacked](https://70candles.com/hacked) - Judi Meirowitz Tischler, Age 76 On the day of the blizzard I was hacked. I remember the minute it happened, a quick click and I tumbled down the techno rabbit hole. A flood of emails, calls and texts from close friends and people I hadn’t spoken to in years confirmed what had happened. I had
- [2026 Greetings to you all!](https://70candles.com/2026-greetings-to-you-all) - We send best wishes for this new year to all our subscribers and blog participants. At this, the 10th anniversary of our book, 70Candles! Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade, we’ve been busy working on our 2nd edition. We share the explanation for this and our thoughts at this remarkable moment, in the book’s opening
- [“70 Things to do…”](https://70candles.com/70-things-to-do) - Joyce, Age 70 Four of my friends and I will be turning 70 this year. We decided to kick off 2025 with a “Girls Trip” to San Juan Puerto Rico. We traveled from 4 different states. The first of us turned 70 the day after our trip ended, I’ll turn 70 in May. The others
- [70Candles Graduate](https://70candles.com/70candles-graduate) - Amy Bryant, Age 84 As I reflect on the posts that I contributed to 70Candles, I realize how vain I was in my 70s. I was often mistaken for fifteen years younger than my actual age, and as my mother had done, I made younger friends, many of whom were having trouble keeping up with
- [We Were in it Together– Until We Weren’t](https://70candles.com/we-were-in-it-together-until-we-werent) - Barbara Beckwith, age 87 We’ve always done things together, my husband and I. We fell in love in college, married and raised two sons, biked and hiked, cooked and danced, shared our disparate views and careers, he as a scientist, I as a writer. We learned together how to argue successfully, how to be okay
- [And so begins 2025!](https://70candles.com/and-so-begins-2025) - A warm hello to our 70Candles subscribers, visitors and blog contributors. It’s taken a while to write this message for the new year, but much has been happening. First, our apologies. There was a pause in our postings, while we communicated for months with folks in India responsible for the IceGram plugin. Success at last!!
- [Standing on books](https://70candles.com/standing-on-books) - Barbara Beckwith, age 87 Confined to my home after a hip operation, I dedicate myself to the physical therapist’s assignment: 45 minutes (twice a day) of exercises, mostly seated. I eventually graduate to step-climbing exercises to prepare me for negotiating the stairs to my second-floor apartment. I don’t have the necessary gym equipment (blocks of
- [Babushka](https://70candles.com/babuska) - Barbara Beckwith, Age 87 The older I get, the more I feel like one of those stereotypical Russian ladies -- babushkas, they call them -- who reportedly mind everyone’s business in order to enforce good behavior, especially in public places. I shoot a frown and wag a finger at drivers who swerve around pedestrians in
- [How I Will Fall Apart - or Not](https://70candles.com/how-i-will-fall-apart-or-not) - Barbara Beckwith, Age 87 Over my 87 years, I’ve considered myself fit and athletic. But I’m a realist, so I’ve started compiling a list of all the ways that I may, sooner or later, fall apart. My list is one way of steeling myself for eventual decline, even as I hope to surpass my father’s
- [On turning seventy five](https://70candles.com/on-turning-seventy-five) - Judi Meirowitz Tischler, Almost 75 As my seventy fifth birthday approaches I have begun to collect resolutions. The first is to never again drive from my home in Boston to New York City, the city where I was born and raised, and where my daughter, son in law and three of my eight grandchildren live.
- [Old and scared - Quite a trip](https://70candles.com/old-and-scared-quite-a-trip) - Diana, Age 79 My husband of 52 years and I have one of those relationships that younger people point out to each other and sigh "I hope that's us one day." Fifty-two years of connection - hard fought, hard won. Never easy. And we know that it's drawing to close. His health is precarious. Is
- [My story-falling](https://70candles.com/my-story-falling) - By Loretta Parker-Brown Maybe exercising a few times a week and occasionally doing yoga keeps these aging bones strong, or perhaps I'm just lucky. Several months ago, I fell off the bed while dreaming. Until then, I cannot remember falling out of bed before, not even as a child. There have been other falls. I've
- [Thriving beyond 70 with wisdom and connection](https://70candles.com/thriving-beyond-70-with-wisdom-and-connection) - Here is the direct link to the podcast at Restless to Renewed. We, Jane and Ellen were asked by Janice Neely about our decades long friendship, the evolution of our 70Candles project and lessons learned. We hope you enjoy listening to it and will share your reactions. https://restlesstorenewed.buzzsprout.com/2197291/14963885-thriving-beyond-seventy-with-wisdom-and-connection
- [Our podcast interview](https://70candles.com/our-podcast-interview) - #We, Jane and Ellen were recently interviewed by Janice Neely of Restless to Renewed. We had a most enjoyable conversation about our long friendship, the origins and evolution 70Candles, and where we are today. To listen, download the Podcast app, then type in Restless to Renewed. Ours is the most recent entry Another way to
- [Elderly - Not](https://70candles.com/elderly-not) - Amy Bryant Elderly . . . elderly! That’s the word my cleaning lady used the other day referring to me. It’s a good thing she cleans well, or she’d be out of a job! I’m used to being thought of as younger than my age. Up until I had 70 candles, folks thought that I
- [Tech snafu!](https://70candles.com/tech-snafu) - Apologies for that annoying post notice arriving in your in mail, where the print is tiny and the links don’t function. I hate that this is happening! Please be patient while I get some help from India to fix this problem. Cheers, Jane
- [Living as I age](https://70candles.com/living-as-i-age-2) - Mari, Almost 72 Someone once said I ought to call Mel Brooks; he could make a great story of my life. Growing up in the Midwest as the first daughter to live after my mother lost her first born @ only a couple days old! I later came to realize that perhaps my job was
- [Family matters](https://70candles.com/family-matters) - Janel I'm looking for a way to make visiting with family either at my small home or a flight away in theirs easier. One of the things I think about is that my job as a senior is to understand and ease the way for others. I think I do this pretty well except when
- [70Candles book groups and gatherings](https://70candles.com/70candles-book-groups-and-gatherings) - Hello to you all, We are delighted to have been invited to be interviewed for a podcast about 70Candles. One question sent for our consideration is about the book groups and gatherings mentioned on this site. We know lots of interest was posted on our Gatherings page, but alas, we have no updates on those
- [Apologies](https://70candles.com/apologies) - Please ignore the Post notice in your email. They’ve changed all these formats. Ugh! Working in it. Jane
- [Maine Massacre](https://70candles.com/maine-massacre) - No doubt you have heard about the massacre of 18 people killed in Lewiston, Maine October 25, 2023. Another 13 were injured, 3 remain in the hospital with very serious injuries. The first massacre I can remember after Kent State in 1970 was the Easter Sunday Massacre in Ohio in 1975.The murders since are beyond
- [Dr. Perfection and Ms. Good Enough](https://70candles.com/dr-perfection-and-ms-good-enough) - Judi Meirowitz Tischler, Age, 73 If you are worried that you have cancer, you want your slides read by my husband, pathologist extraordinaire. If you want to sort out a problem with a family member, my skillful listening might help you come up with a plan. When we decided to embark upon the marital adventure
- [Sunny Days Are Here Again](https://70candles.com/sunny-days-are-here-again) - Sherrill Pool Elizondo, Age 74 I'm 74 and live in Texas. Summers are brutally hot and becoming hotter and the sun more intense. Several years ago I began seeing a dermatologist to remove skin tags. Nothing else turned out to be serious. At that time I wasn't having a total body check. Nothing on my
- [Time to dump my 80th birthday candles](https://70candles.com/time-to-dump-my-80th-birthday-candles) - Miriam, Age 81 Nine months after my 80th birthday, my “8” and “0” candles still sat on my bookcase. I couldn’t decide if I want to be reminded of this frightening milestone or if I should forget it and continue to see myself as young enough for new adventures. I knew my grey hair, weakening
- [Broken bones - 76](https://70candles.com/broken-bones-76) - Noel, Age 76 I’m a mental health counselor and I still ride my horse and feel 56 even though my physical self has a lot of metal in it. I’ve been through two bouts of breast cancer, all early thank God and several fractures. Recently, I tripped over a rug that I had rolled up
- [Forever homes](https://70candles.com/forever-homes) - Sherrill Pool Elizondo, Age 74 My husband and I moved to our vacation home 8 months ago after being in our home in Cypress, Texas for 42 years. Difficult physically, mentally, and emotionally! Possibly it would have been easier at a younger stage of life but we loved where we lived and my husband was
- [Spring into action - decluttering](https://70candles.com/spring-into-action-decluttering) - Karen, Age 62 Today is April 1st and I’m starting the journey of decluttering in a unique way that I learned from our family friend, Grace. You start with one item on day one, two items on day two, etc. By the end of the month you are throwing or giving away 30 – 31
- [Leaving an end-of-life letter](https://70candles.com/leaving-an-end-of-life-letter) - Jane, Almost 74 I thought I would leave this end-of-life letter behind for my daughters-in-law when I die. My experience with them has been difficult, I have not been able to communicate with them effectively, and I find that writing helps me to cope with such challenges. I wonder what you think about my doing
- [Remembering](https://70candles.com/remembering-2) - Anonymous My best friend in high school called last week. We spoke about friends we lost. How some obituaries read like a curriculum vitae. I suppose this was how this person was valued during their life. I see this on Fb, too among the living. Photos of this person with a celebrity or another listing
- [Late to the environmental party but making up for lost time…](https://70candles.com/late-to-the-environmental-party-but-making-up-for-lost-time) - Barbara Greenleaf When we were growing up, there was an ethos of hard work: anything you produced of value would have to be serious and difficult to do. Throughout my life, I bought into that idea, big time. This was evident in my writing, which was long on research and short on personality. Then,
- [An aha! moment for a cranky old lady](https://70candles.com/an-aha-moment-for-a-cranky-old-lady) - Jane almost 74 I had an “aha moment” the other day. I met up with a couple who are friends of mine, and I noticed how one of them barked orders at the other and the subsequent hurt look on her partner’s face. I immediately began to criticize her behavior in my mind. Later in
- [Being relevant on purpose](https://70candles.com/being-relevant-on-purpose) - Susan, Age 74 More and more I hear MEN say they don't feel relevant. On a recent inquiry, I asked why. "People don't seek me out anymore. Ask my thoughts. The young mingle with the young. The forty-somethings think they are experts." Trying not to chuckle, I had to agree. "You know, we did the
- [Doing what I can](https://70candles.com/doing-what-i-can) - Anonymous, Age 69 Hi- I'm a 69 year-old southern Californian. I retired at 61 and I'm enjoying it. I did return to my old job back in 2018 to work part-time (less than 10 hours a week), which is terrific. I just do the parts of the job that I loved, so no meetings, etc.
- [Lipstick Won’t Do It This Time Sister](https://70candles.com/lipstick-wont-do-it-this-time-sister) - Judi Meirowitz Tischler, Age 73 You look like crap! This is what my best friend said when visiting me a few days after my unplanned hospital stay. The Monday night episode had not been my first but it was the one I could not ignore. As my legs buckled I crumbled to the floor between
- [The Bathing Suit](https://70candles.com/the-bathing-suit) - Judi Meirowitz Tischler Swimming is our Family Sport. My three kids love it as do their children. Some families bike, hike or play football together. We swim. My parents, brothers, and I grew up without much disposable income, swimming was a good choice, requiring no equipment other than proper swim attire. Even that can be
- [Embracing Old Age](https://70candles.com/embracing-old-age) - By Amy Bryant “Oh, Amy, you don’t look your age. I would have taken you for _______ (here they insert a number 15 years younger than my number),” and I beam with pride over the compliment. We live in a youth-oriented society in which age-related compliments always refer to being young looking. Except, of course,
- [Testing - positive!](https://70candles.com/testing-positive) - Susan They say in time, everyone will have Covid. Grateful to be fully vaxxed and boostered. Grateful I have masked up and distanced for over two years. Wish everyone else did. I imagine it was a tough policy decision unmasking the kids in school. It sure has raised the Covid incidence rate, especially in my
- [Zest, indeed!](https://70candles.com/zest-indeed) - Ellen Cole, Age 81 Just in time for her 81st birthday and in anticipation of her retirement from Russell Sage College where she is Professor of Psychology, The University of Pennsylvania published this interview with 70Candles’ Ellen. Zest, indeed! Dr. Ellen Cole (Master of Applied Positive Psychology ‘11) remembers the moment she learned about positive
- [Season’s Greetings 2021](https://70candles.com/2694-2) - Hello from Ellen. I am starting this way because our holiday greeting has in past years been written by Jane. We are a close team. We have been besties since we were 14, across many state lines as our lives have changed. This year it’s my turn. I will begin as Jane has in years
- [At age At 72, what words of wisdom would you impart to your progeny? ](https://70candles.com/at-age-at-72-what-words-of-wisdom-would-you-impart-to-your-progeny-) - Jane Hallowell, Age 72 My sons gave me StoryWorth.com as a gift a year ago. This involves writing answers to questions they ask me once a week. It also allows me to choose my own questions to answer if the ones they send me don’t inspire. I just finished my last entry, below. (It’s rather
- [Finding community](https://70candles.com/finding-community) - Susan, Age 73 In the mid 1990's I blew the whistle on a couple of health care crooks whose companies I had managed. My then lawyer spouse wanted me to keep quiet and keep my job. In truth, the spouse never backed me up on anything. He was more concerned with himself. Always. During the
- [The MIL/DIL dynamic](https://70candles.com/the-mil-dil-dynamic) - Mother-in-law, Age 72 I recently moved near my son to be near him and the grandchildren, and I had an incident the other day with my daughter-in-law that was the last straw. She has ignored me for years, despite my every effort to engage her in conversation or treat her to outings, restaurants, and presents.
- [Mesh curtain](https://70candles.com/mesh-curtain) - Susan, Age 73 It must have been the mid nineties when I took one particular flight. I can't remember where I was en route. I do remember the mesh curtain. Flying steerage or non-first class was how I flew most of my life. First class was affordable, I just couldn't see wasting so much money
- [Older day-by-day](https://70candles.com/older-day-by-day) - Jane Hallowell, Age 72 I had breakthrough Covid eight weeks ago and still find myself dozing on and off during the afternoon. But two things happened to me yesterday that made me question whether or not they were Covid- or age-related brain fog. After one of many catnaps, I opened the refrigerator and promptly dropped
- [Thoughts](https://70candles.com/thoughts) - Cindy, Age 71 I am amazed by the strength of women who survive their partner and go on to productive lives, making friends and even reaching for enjoyment. I am blessed to have a wonderful partner. We live with my brother, or rather, he lives with us, a rescue if you will, but a blessing
- [Embracing uncertainty](https://70candles.com/embracing-uncertainty) - Amy Bryant, Age 81 Like many of you in the 70Candles generation, I grew up in an era of certainty. Graduate from high school, and college (if affordable), get married, be capable of working (but preferably spend several years as a stay-at-home mom), get a fulfilling job once the kids are older, relax into retirement,
- [Sit back and enjoy the ride](https://70candles.com/sit-back-and-enjoy-the-ride) - Jane Hallowell, Almost 72 I tend to freak out when I am creating something. My recent pottery class — case in point. I just started a six-week hand-building session this past spring at almost age 72 after not doing any pottery for the past 20 years. The class was a small one of five students,
- [Jane Brody on her milestone 80th birthday](https://70candles.com/jane-brody-on-her-milestone-80th-birthday) - Jane Brody Birthday Milestone: 80! - The New York Times 5/18/21, 11:08 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/well/family/jane-brody-birthday.html PERSONAL HEALTH A Birthday Milestone: Turning 80! The secret to a happy and vibrant old age? Strive to do what you love for as long as you can do it. By Jane E. Brody May 17, 2021 When a 50ish woman
- [Goodbye 70 Candles, Hello 80](https://70candles.com/goodbye-70-candles-hello-80) - Ellen, Age 80 I turned 80 18 days ago, on March 10, 2021, which means I have officially reached my ninth decade. No big deal, you say? I don’t think of myself as a particularly reflective person; I’m more of a doer—always busy, even during Covid, still employed, many projects. But there is something different
- [A change in attitude](https://70candles.com/a-change-in-attitude) - Author unknown A woman who has crossed 70 & is heading towards 80 was asked what sort of changes she is feeling in herself. She sent the following: 1 After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children and my friends, I have now started loving myself. 2 I have realized that I am
- [Broken, Not Defeated](https://70candles.com/broken-not-defeated) - 70Candles, Positivemaging, health and fitness, Women and aging
- [Seasons Greetings!](https://70candles.com/seasons-greetings) - 70Candles, Resiloence, Goalsmahead, New Years Greeting, Positivemaging
- [On turning 72](https://70candles.com/on-turning-72) - 70Candles, Grandparenting, Where to live, Family matters, Resilience
- [This second call](https://70candles.com/this-second-call) - 70 candles, women aging, positive aging, Attitudes about aging
- [Hair-The Reality not the Musical](https://70candles.com/hair-the-reality-not-the-musical) - 70candles, Women Aging, Aging bodies, hair loss
- [70Candles! in new Move On e-magazine](https://70candles.com/70candles-in-new-move-on-e-magazine) - 70candles, Move On Magazine
- [Care and keeping of old men](https://70candles.com/care-and-keeping-of-old-men) - 70candles, men aging
- [Inspiration](https://70candles.com/__trashed) - 70candles, inspiration as we age
- [Ellen’s comments on Positive Aging](https://70candles.com/ellens-comments-on-positive-aging) - 70candles, longevity, women aging, agimg
- [Ellen on Positive Aging Part 2: About ageism](https://70candles.com/ellen-on-positive-aging-part-2-about-ageism) - 70candles, ageism, Aging, Women aging
- [Ellen on Positive Aging Part 3: Gather together](https://70candles.com/ellen-on-positive-aging-part-3-gather-together) - 70candles, social connections as we age, women aging
- [Ellen on Positive Aging Part 4: Cultivate optimism](https://70candles.com/ellen-on-positive-aging-part-4-cultivate-optimism) - 70Candles, women aging, aging and optimism, positive aging
- [Happy New Year- Welcome to 2020!](https://70candles.com/happy-new-year-welcome-to-2020) - 70Candles, 2020, looking ahead
- [Ellen’s Keys to Positive Aging](https://70candles.com/ellens-keys-to-positive-aging) - 70Candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Sharing](https://70candles.com/sharing) - 70Candles, women aging, women netw
- [I turned 70 in October and I am so unhappy.](https://70candles.com/i-turned-70-in-october-and-i-am-so-unhappy) - 70Candles, sad about aging, retirement, lonliness
- [Hunkering down](https://70candles.com/hunkering-down) - 70Candles, what to do with our time,women connecting
- [Curiosity about the new normal ahead](https://70candles.com/curiosity-about-the-new-normal-ahead) - 70Candles, looking ahead, the new normal
- [A new era for me](https://70candles.com/a-new-era-for-me) - 70Candles, family matters, where to live,woken aging, grandparenting
- [80808080](https://70candles.com/80808080-2) - 70Candles, women aging, aging, looking ahead, gratitude
- [Arianna Huffington turns 70!](https://70candles.com/arianna-huffington-turns-70) - 70Candles, turning 70, women aging, Arianna Huffington turns 70
- [Technophobe in action](https://70candles.com/technophobe-in-action) - 70Candles, technology challenges, women aging
- [My story in life’s constant changes](https://70candles.com/my-story-in-lifes-constant-changes) - 70Candles, loneliness, older women connecting, women relocating
- [Flourishing in the Eighth Decade!](https://70candles.com/flourishing-in-the-eighth-decade) - Women flourishing in their 8th decade
- [Living as I age](https://70candles.com/living-as-i-age) - 70candles, Women aging
- [Subscribers list up and running again!](https://70candles.com/subscribers-list-up-and-running-again) - 70candles
- [Just turned 70](https://70candles.com/just-turned-70) - 70candles, Turning 70, Women Aging, worl life and retirement, what to do with our time, resilience
- [Ageism article from The New York Times](https://70candles.com/ageism-article-from-the-new-york-times) - 70candles, ageism
- [Forgotten, not gone](https://70candles.com/forgotten-not-gone) - 70candles, about Turning 70, work life and retirement, accommodations and adaptations as we age
- [Ageism in Canada](https://70candles.com/ageism-in-canada) - 70candles, ageism, Women Aging
- [The 70s experience](https://70candles.com/the-70s-experience) - 70candles, Women Aging, adaptations and accommodations as we age, turning 70
- [Not just me then!](https://70candles.com/not-just-me-then) - 70candles, Sad about aging, loneliness, Women aging
- [Top o’ the morning!](https://70candles.com/top-o-the-morning) - 70candles, morning exercises, aging bodies, resilience
- [AgelessAuthors writing contest](https://70candles.com/agelessauthors-writing-contest) - 70candles, writing prose and poetry, Aging authors, what do we do with our time?
- [About loneliness](https://70candles.com/about-loneliness) - 70candles, loneliness, Women aging
- [About women in their 70’s from the New York Times](https://70candles.com/about-women-in-their-70s-from-the-new-york-times) - 70candles, Women Aging, joys and challenges in our 70s
- [Curious about what’s changed](https://70candles.com/curious-about-whats-changed) - 70candles, perspectives on agimg, women agimg
- [My story](https://70candles.com/my-story) - 70candles, Women Aging, sad about agimg
- [2018 Holiday Greetings!](https://70candles.com/2018-holiday-greetings) - 70candles, holiday greetings
- [71 - Looking for a purpose](https://70candles.com/71-looking-for-a-purpose) - 70candles, Women Aging, sad about aging, loss
- [Are you facing the downsizing challenge?](https://70candles.com/are-you-facing-the-downsizing-challenge) - 70candles, Elder relocation, adaptations and accommodations
- [On becoming an icon](https://70candles.com/on-becoming-an-icon) - 70candles, Positive aging, women aging, what to,do with our time
- [Multigenerational aging in communities](https://70candles.com/multigenerational-aging-in-communities) - 70candles, where to live, adaptations and accommodations, Minka
- [One man’s view of aging well](https://70candles.com/one-mans-view-of-aging-well) - 70candles, Aging, menaging, Positive Aging
- [Do you feel lonely?](https://70candles.com/do-you-feel-lonely) - 70candles, Older women connecting, lonliness
- [Positive Aging: What’s the Secret?](https://70candles.com/positive-aging-whats-the-secret) - 70candles, Positive Aging, resilience, women and aging
- [Aging but Dangerous Women Leap from Plane, Drink Martinis](https://70candles.com/aging-but-dangerous-women-leap-from-plane-drink-martinis) - 70candles, Elder women’s choices, what we do with our time
- [The transition from work life to retirement for women](https://70candles.com/1818-2) - 70candles, work life and retirement, Elder women’s choices
- [Crying out for some small thread of light](https://70candles.com/crying-out-for-some-small-thread-of-light) - 70candles, sad about aging, Elder women’s choices
- [The dawning of acceptance](https://70candles.com/finally-acceptance) - 70candles, Women Aging, sad about aging
- [Positive Aging: Adding Life to Your Years](https://70candles.com/positive-aging-adding-life-to-your-years) - 70candles, positive aging,older women connecting
- [Turning 78: Adaptations and accommodations](https://70candles.com/turning-78-adaptations-and-accommodations) - 70candles, Women Aging, Positive Aging, resilience, adaptations and accommodations as we age
- [Is your city age friendly?](https://70candles.com/is-your-city-age-friendly) - 70candles, where to live, women and aging
- [Transition](https://70candles.com/transition) - 70candles, Ageism, attitudes about aging, humor
- [Apologies for technical problems](https://70candles.com/apologies-for-technical-problems) - 70candles
- [Summertime at almost 78](https://70candles.com/summertime-at-almost-78) - 70candles, Women Aging, what to do with our time
- [Gathering memories and stories](https://70candles.com/gathering-memories-and-stories) - 70candles, Positive aging, women and aging
- [Life’s a trip!](https://70candles.com/lifes-a-trip) - 70candles, resilience, functional changes, positive aging
- [Greetings from Chile!](https://70candles.com/greetings-from-chile) - 70candles, Positive aging, Elder women’s choices
- [Jane Brody’s 2016 “Aging in Place” New York Times article](https://70candles.com/jane-brodys-2016-aging-in-place-new-york-times-article) - 70candles, where to live, Jane Brody
- [Spinal fusion recovery](https://70candles.com/spinal-fusion-recovery) - 70candles, health and fitness, women aging
- [Caregiver for older parents](https://70candles.com/caregiver-for-older-parents) - 70candles, family matters, caretaking, loss
- [Do you feel orphaned?](https://70candles.com/do-you-feel-orphaned) - 70candles, family matters, women aging, death and dying
- [A 70Candles! Gathering: a place to feel supported, embraced and KNOWN](https://70candles.com/a-70candles-gathering-a-place-to-feel-supported-embraced-and-known) - 70candles, Women connecting, 70candles! Gathering, Positive aging
- [Attitudes about aging](https://70candles.com/1695-2) - 70candles, Women Aging, attitude s aboutnaging
- [Positive Aging Newsletter-More from the Taos Institute](https://70candles.com/positive-aging-newsletter-more-from-the-taos-institute) - 70candls, Positive aging
- [Positive Aging Newsletter-from the Taos Institute](https://70candles.com/positive-aging-newsletter-from-the-taos-institute) - 70candles, Positive aging
- [The next decade](https://70candles.com/the-next-decade) - 70candles, looking ahead, Aging women
- [A book recommendation](https://70candles.com/a-book-recommendation) - 70candles, What we’re reading, Aging women
- [Poem about aging](https://70candles.com/poem-about-aging) - 70candles, Aging, poetry, women againg
- [So many life stories](https://70candles.com/so-many-life-stories) - 70candles, resilience, gratitude, work life and retirement, women and agimg
- [Advice please](https://70candles.com/advice-please) - 70candles. Friendships, sad about aging
- [5 Things that surprised me about retirement](https://70candles.com/5-things-that-surprised-me-about-retirement) - 70candles, work life and retirement, older women’s choices
- [Retired in Florence](https://70candles.com/retired-in-florence) - 70candles, retirement, where to live, Positive Aging, work life and retirement
- [Our Gifts](https://70candles.com/our-gifts) - 70candles, gratitude, Older women connecting
- [A journalist’s request](https://70candles.com/a-journalists-request) - 70candles, death and dying, caretaking
- [Movin’ on](https://70candles.com/movin-on) - 70candles, Older women relocating, where to live
- [Thanks for letting me vent...](https://70candles.com/thanks-for-letting-me-vent) - 70candles, Women Aging, what to do with our time
- [Which way to go?](https://70candles.com/which-way-to-go) - 70candles, widows’cnoices, looking ahead, where to live
- [Birth of a new 70Candles! Group](https://70candles.com/birth-of-a-new-70candles-group) - 70candles, 70candles!gatherings, older women connecting, women and aging
- [Any ideas that might help?](https://70candles.com/any-ideas-that-might-help) - 70candles, functional changes, aging,
- [Thinking about death](https://70candles.com/thinking-about-death) - 70candles, death and dying, widows’choices, loss
- [A baby boomer's guide](https://70candles.com/a-baby-boomers-guide) - 70Candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Not especially enjoying life](https://70candles.com/not-especially-enjoying-life) - 70candles, Women and Aging, caretaking, men agimg
- [Making a 70Candles! group](https://70candles.com/making-a-70candles-group) - 70candles, Women connecting, positive Aging, turning 70
- [There is so much yet to See](https://70candles.com/there-is-so-much-yet-to-see) - 70candles, Positive Aging, Women connecting, turning 70
- [Aging gracefully in the West Indies](https://70candles.com/aging-gracefully-in-the-west-indies) - 70candles, Elder Women’s choices, por bodies our health, older women connecting
- [In sickness and in health](https://70candles.com/in-sickness-and-in-health) - 70candles, about turning 70,Women’s aging bodies, Elder women choices
- [I cherish each birthday](https://70candles.com/i-cherish-each-birthday) - 70candles, Positive Aging, Older women connecting, Positive aging
- [What’s next?](https://70candles.com/whats-next) - 70candles, family matters, Aging, where to live
- [To move or not to move?](https://70candles.com/to-move-or-not-to-move) - 70candles, Aging, where to live, family matters
- [Unquenchable desire for Ongoingness](https://70candles.com/unquenchable-desire-for-ongoingness) - 70candles, turning 70, goals ahead, gratitude
- [HAPPY NEW YEAR!](https://70candles.com/happy-new-year) - 70candles, gratitude
- [Ireland-to do as I like](https://70candles.com/1539-2) - 70candles, traveling, what to do with our time, older women connecting
- [Am I too late?](https://70candles.com/am-i-too-late) - 70candles, fearing aging, older women connecting, women and aging
- [Mothering middle-aged women](https://70candles.com/mothering-middle-aged-women) - 70candkes, parenting, family matters, caretaking
- [Positive Aging: A dialog with the authors](https://70candles.com/positive-aging-a-dialog-with-the-authors) - The Taos Institute, purveyors of the Positive Aging Newsletter, and publishers of three books about aging well, recently hosted a week-long online chat and webinar. The books are 70Candles! Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade, (Giddan & Cole), Retiring But Not Shy: Feminist Psychologists Create Their Post-Careers, (Cole & Gergen, Eds.), and Pathways to Positive
- [Dialogue with the authors- Our Taos webinar](https://70candles.com/dialogue-with-the-authors-our-taos-webinar) - 70candles, Positive Aging, Ageism, resilience
- [So glad I found you!](https://70candles.com/so-glad-i-found-you) - 70candles, Elder women connecting, older women’s choices
- [Mark your calendar! Dialogue with the authors online](https://70candles.com/mark-your-calendar-dialogue-with-the-authors-online) - 70candles, women networking, Taos Institute webinar
- [I want much more...](https://70candles.com/i-want-much-more) - 70candles, turning 70, older women’s choices
- [Old with purpose and gratitude](https://70candles.com/old-with-purpose-and-gratitude) - 70camdles, resilience, gratitude, older women’s choices
- [Ageless Authors](https://70candles.com/ageless-authors-2) - 70candles, older,writers. Agelessauthors
- [Hopes and hazards of dating after 70](https://70candles.com/hopes-and-hazards-of-dating-after-70) - 70candles, old women datin, dating after 70
- [The New Old Age](https://70candles.com/the-new-od-age) - 70Candles, where to live, women aging
- [Stuck in a rut-help!](https://70candles.com/stuck-in-a-rut-help) - 70Candles, Women networking, Women aging
- [Wonder and enthusiasm at independent bookstores](https://70candles.com/wonder-and-enthusiasm-at-independent-bookstores) - 70Candles, what we're reading, women connecting
- [Up from Down Under](https://70candles.com/up-from-down-under) - 70Candles, resilience, positive aging, women aging
- [Life is not easy to sort out](https://70candles.com/life-is-not-easy-to-sort-out) - 70Candles, women aging, dealing with loss, where to live
- [No longer shy about retiring](https://70candles.com/no-longer-shy-about-retiring) - 70Candles, retirement, positive aging
- [On Nearing Seventy](https://70candles.com/on-nearing-seventy) - 70Candles, women aging, poetry
- [Giving to others brings the best satisfaction](https://70candles.com/giving-to-others-is-the-best-satisfaction) - 70Candles, women and aging, gratitude, giving to others
- [Seeking wise words](https://70candles.com/seeking-wise-words) - 70Candles, health, family, caretakong
- [What book has mattered most to you?](https://70candles.com/what-book-has-mattered-most-to-you) - 70Candles, books we've loved the most, women reading
- [Sharing a dilemma](https://70candles.com/sharing-a-dilemma) - 70Candles, where to live, friendship
- [Such is life](https://70candles.com/such-is-life) - 70Candles, women and aging, women's aging bodies
- [Am I insane for taking all this on, or should I just keep on trucking?](https://70candles.com/am-i-insane-for-taking-all-this-on-or-should-i-just-keep-on-trucking) - 70Candles,women aging, where to live, work life and retirement
- [Knitting a life](https://70candles.com/knitting-a-life) - 70Candles, women aging, positive aging, what to do with ourntime
- [Feeling lonely and struggling with ageism](https://70candles.com/feeling-lonely-and-struggling-with-ageism) - 70Candles, friendships, networking
- [I miss my old house](https://70candles.com/i-miss-my-old-house) - 70Candles, where to live, functional changes, women aging
- [My life's purpose became clear](https://70candles.com/my-lifes-purpose-became-clear) - 70Candles, caretaking, resilience, positive aging
- [Do you know the signs of stroke?](https://70candles.com/do-you-know-the-signs-of-stroke) - 70Candles, women's health
- [Wish I had more girlfriends](https://70candles.com/wish-i-had-more-girlfriends) - 70candles, women aging, gratitude
- [The New York Times' second article on aging by Jane Brody featuring our book](https://70candles.com/the-new-york-times-second-article-on-aging-by-jane-brody-featuring-our-book) - 70Candles, Jane Brody, New York Times
- [The New York Times article about our book](https://70candles.com/the-new-york-times-article-about-our-book) - 70Candles, Jane Brody, New York Times
- [Fear of looking old-reaching out](https://70candles.com/fear-of-looking-old-reaching-out) - 70Candles, fearing age, women aging
- [Struggling in England-Seeking support](https://70candles.com/struggling-in-england-seeking-support) - 70Candles, fearing age, women ahing
- [My 70's story](https://70candles.com/my-70s-story) - 70Candles, caretakimg, elder relocation
- [Are you an elder orphan?](https://70candles.com/are-you-an-elder-orphan) - 70Candles, older women relocating, where to live
- [Balance in all things!](https://70candles.com/balance-in-all-things) - 70Candles, caretakimg, resilience, older women relocating
- [Grateful](https://70candles.com/grateful) - 70Candles, older women connecting, networking, looking ahead
- [BUT YOU DON'T RUB MILK UNDER THE NOSE OF A HUNGRY LION!](https://70candles.com/but-you-dont-rub-milk-under-the-nose-of-a-hungry-lion) - 70Candles, men aging, caretakimg, Alzheimer's
- [A question for you](https://70candles.com/a-question-for-you) - 70Candles, older women relocating, where to Living, seeking new friends
- [Be well!](https://70candles.com/be-well) - 70candles
- [Moving to Billings](https://70candles.com/moving-to-billings) - 70Candles, women aging, where to live, reloocation
- [You matter](https://70candles.com/you-matter) - 70candles
- [Summing up a life](https://70candles.com/summing-up-a-life) - 70Candles, positive aging, resilience
- [Seeking connections](https://70candles.com/seeking-connections) - 70Candles, women and aging, older women connecting
- [Watch the video about Old Myths that Confront Aging and Ageism](https://70candles.com/watch-the-video-about-old-myths-that-confront-aging-and-ageism) - 70Candles, positive aging, ageism, women and aging
- [Flying solo](https://70candles.com/flying-solo) - 70Candles, womenaging, loss
- [Good thoughts for the new year-live well](https://70candles.com/good-thoughts-for-the-new-year-live-well) - 70Candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Where shall we live next?](https://70candles.com/where-shall-we-live-next) - 70Candles, women aging, where shall we live next?
- [Old Myths: Confronting Aging and Ageism at the Brooklyn Historical Society](https://70candles.com/old-myths-confronting-aging-and-ageism-at-the-brooklyn-historical-society) - 70Candles, women aging, ageism
- [News flash!](https://70candles.com/news-flash) - 70candles, aging, positive aging, ageism
- [Hip replacement for my 94-year-old dad](https://70candles.com/hip-replacement-for-my-94-year-old-dad) - 70Candles, caretaking, family matters
- [sad 70](https://70candles.com/sad-70) - 70Candles, sad about aging, women and aging
- [Post election blues](https://70candles.com/post-election-blues) - 70Candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Our Leader's Guide now available!](https://70candles.com/our-leaders-guide-now-available) - 70Candles, 70Candkes! Gatherings, positive aging, networking, elder women's choices
- [Moving to Venice](https://70candles.com/moving-to-venice) - 70Candles, older women relocating, networking, positive aging
- ["Oldish"](https://70candles.com/oldish) - 70Candles, positive aging, women aging
- [Inspired by the 70Candles! book](https://70candles.com/inspired-by-the-70candles-book) - 70Candles, aging women, positive aging
- [Trying to stay busy - seeking ideas](https://70candles.com/trying-to-stay-busy-seeking-ideas) - 70Candles, aging women, positive aging
- [Quotable!](https://70candles.com/quotable) - 70Candles, aging women, positive aging
- [Too stubborn to let this get me down](https://70candles.com/too-stubborn-to-let-this-get-me-down) - 70Candles, aging women, fearing aging
- [LIFE is a great gift](https://70candles.com/life-is-a-great-gift) - 70candles, positive aging, women aging
- [Still me!](https://70candles.com/still-me) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Do men feel differently about aging?](https://70candles.com/do-men-feel-differently-about-aging) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging, men aging
- [Hard to plan](https://70candles.com/hard-to-plan) - 70candles, women aging
- [Sephardic cooking](https://70candles.com/sephardic-cooking) - 70candles, positive aging, resilience
- [Am I really 71!!!!!](https://70candles.com/am-i-really-71) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Women just know what you mean](https://70candles.com/women-just-know-what-you-mean) - 70candles, women networking, women's friendships
- [On The Other Side](https://70candles.com/on-the-other-side) - 70candles, poetry
- [Gathering in Southern California](https://70candles.com/gathering-in-southern-california) - 70candles, 79Candles! Gathering, Networking
- [Boston gathering - do you live near here?](https://70candles.com/boston-gathering-do-you-live-near-here) - 70candles, 70Candles! GAtherings, women networking
- [Ageless Authors](https://70candles.com/ageless-authors) - 70candles, ageless authors
- [Book Group Discussion Questions - now avaiable](https://70candles.com/book-group-discussion-questions-now-avaiable) - 70candles, book groups
- [What aging is teaching me](https://70candles.com/what-aging-is-teaching-me) - 70candles, women aging
- [Starting a group!](https://70candles.com/starting-a-group) - 70candles, women aging, 70Candles! Gatherings, positive aging
- [Feeling guilty - hoping for some insights](https://70candles.com/feeling-guilty-hoping-for-some-insights) - 70candles, women aging
- ["The Meek Are Getting Ready"](https://70candles.com/the-meek-are-getting-ready) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Worried about aging - thinking 70 is "ancient"](https://70candles.com/worried-about-aging-thinking-70-is-ancient) - 70candles, women aging, worried about aging
- [Sooner than tomorrow](https://70candles.com/sooner-than-tomorrow) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70
- [A life full of twists and turns](https://70candles.com/a-life-full-of-twists-and-turns) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [The Spirit of '76](https://70candles.com/76-trombones) - 70candles, positive aging, women aging
- [Looking forward to NOT being ambitious](https://70candles.com/looking-forward-to-not-being-ambitious) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [My life has done a 360-Need inspiration](https://70candles.com/my-life-has-done-a-360-need-inspiration) - 70candles, women aging
- [In a pickle-seeking ideas](https://70candles.com/in-a-pickle-seeking-ideas) - 70candles, women aging, older women's choices
- [To LIFE!](https://70candles.com/to-life) - 70candles, positive aging, celebrating life
- [Feeling old and scared-reaching out](https://70candles.com/feeling-old-and-scared) - 70candles, women aging
- [The desire for freedom](https://70candles.com/the-desire-for-freedom) - 70candles, women aging, resilience
- [A proud accomplishment](https://70candles.com/a-proud-accomplishment) - 70candles, positive aging, about turning 70
- [Antidote to retirement malaise](https://70candles.com/antidote-to-retirement-malaise) - 70 candles, resilience, about turning 70
- [Discombobulated](https://70candles.com/discombobulated) - 70candles, women aging
- [Living for today!](https://70candles.com/living-for-today) - 70candles, positive aging, resilience
- [Involved and challenged every day](https://70candles.com/involved-and-challenged-every-day) - 70candkes, positive aging, work life and retirement
- [Thankful](https://70candles.com/thankful-2) - 70candles, grandparenting, gratitude
- [My passage as a grandmother](https://70candles.com/my-passage-as-a-grandmother) - 70candles, women aging, grandparenting
- [Wondering where to live next](https://70candles.com/wondering-where-to-live-next) - 70candles, where to live, women aging
- [Is it too late for me to start a business?](https://70candles.com/is-it-too-late-for-me-to-start-a-business) - 70candles, women aging, what to do with our time
- [Our interview by blogger JudiBoomergirl](https://70candles.com/our-interview-by-blogger-judiboomergirl) - 70candles, blog interview, JudiBoomergirl
- [Moved to Maui](https://70candles.com/moved-to-maui) - 70candles, where to live, positive aging
- [Learning and growing](https://70candles.com/learning-and-growing) - 70candles, women aging
- [Reaching out to women in the SF Bay Area](https://70candles.com/reaching-out-to-women-in-the-sf-bay-area) - 70candles, gatherings, women aging
- [What's missing?](https://70candles.com/whats-missing) - 70candles, women aging
- [Freedom in being this age](https://70candles.com/freedom-in-being-this-age) - 70candles, positive aging, women aging
- [Feeling sad](https://70candles.com/feeling-sad) - 70candles, feeling sad, women aging
- [Not so uplifting or pleasant](https://70candles.com/not-so-uplifting-or-pleasant) - 70candles, women aging, coping
- [Emerging from winter snows](https://70candles.com/emerging-from-winter-snows) - 70candles, women aging, resilience
- [Reclaiming elderhood](https://70candles.com/feeling-blessed) - 70candles, women aging, elders
- [A change of heart](https://70candles.com/a-change-of-heart) - 70candles, women aging, grandparenting
- [Personal growth and transformation](https://70candles.com/personal-growth-and-transformation) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [My comments about coping in the 70's](https://70candles.com/my-comments-about-coping-in-the-70s) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [I LOVE aging!](https://70candles.com/i-love-aging) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [80 is the new 80](https://70candles.com/80-is-the-new-80) - 70candles, women aging, positive agng
- [questions that come after 70](https://70candles.com/questions-that-come-after-70) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Crossing the finish line](https://70candles.com/crossing-the-finish-line) - 70candles, positive aging, setting goals, health and fitness
- [What is 70?](https://70candles.com/what-is-70) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70
- [ABOUT THAT AGE](https://70candles.com/about-that-age) - 70candles, Women Aging, work life and retirement, what to do,with our time
- [How I live a healthy life](https://70candles.com/how-i-live-a-healthy-life) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Seek out activities](https://70candles.com/seek-out-activities) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Looking forward to new adventures](https://70candles.com/looking-forward-to-new-adventures) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Navigating the years ahead](https://70candles.com/navigating-the-years-ahead) - 70candl es, women aging, looking ahead
- [Staring 70 straight in the face](https://70candles.com/staring-70-straight-in-the-face) - 70candles, women aging, looking ahead
- [Nothing stays the same from year to year](https://70candles.com/nothing-stays-the-same-from-year-to-year) - 70candles, women aging, looking ahead
- [Our book is here!](https://70candles.com/our-book-is-here) - 70candles, women aging, longevity, book, Giddan and Cole,
- [Who will I become as I age?](https://70candles.com/who-will-i-become-as-i-age) - 70candles, women afina, afina parentesco, club-Sandwich generacion, family matters
- [Aging parents](https://70candles.com/aging-parents) - 70candles, women aging, aging parents, clu-sandwich generation, family matters
- [Now what?](https://70candles.com/now-what-2) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70, needing friends
- [Birthday parties](https://70candles.com/birthday-parties) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70, resilience
- [69 and counting down!](https://70candles.com/69-and-counting-down) - 70candles, women atina, turning 70
- [arriving at 70](https://70candles.com/arriving-at-70) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70, resilience
- [Conscious aging](https://70candles.com/conscious-aging) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70, gratitude, resilience
- [Decade birthdays](https://70candles.com/decade-birthdays) - 70candles, women aging, turning 70
- [Things to do with our time](https://70candles.com/things-to-do-with-our-time) - 70candles, women aging
- [My poem](https://70candles.com/my-poem) - 70candles, women aging
- [How might Susann spend her time?](https://70candles.com/how-might-susann-spend-her-time) - 70candles, women aging, what to do with our time
- [Turning 70 YAHOOO!](https://70candles.com/70-yahoo) - 70candles, women aging, resilience
- [Seeking advice](https://70candles.com/seeking-advice) - 70candles, women aging, looking ahead, seeking advice
- [No time to waste](https://70candles.com/no-time-to-waste) - 70candles! Women thriving in their 8th decade
- [If not now...when?](https://70candles.com/if-not-now-when) - 70candles! Women thriving in their 8th decade
- [Age is a mind set](https://70candles.com/age-is-a-mind-set) - 70candles womem
- [Getting your 70Candles! book](https://70candles.com/getting-your-70candles-book) - 70candles
- [Open to suggestions](https://70candles.com/open-to-suggestions) - 70candles, women aging, longevity
- [Moving on-seeking advice](https://70candles.com/moving-on-seeking-advice) - 70candles, women aging, relocating
- [The secret of longevity](https://70candles.com/the-secret-of-longevity) - 70candles, women aging, positive aging, longevity,
- [What to do about depression?](https://70candles.com/what-to-do-about-depression) - 70candles, women aging
- [Latin American views on aging](https://70candles.com/latin-american-views-on-aging) - 70candles, women aging
- [Free to fly](https://70candles.com/free-to-fly) - 70candles, women aging
- [Struggling at 74](https://70candles.com/struggling-at-74) - 70candles, women aging
- [Taxing tale](https://70candles.com/taxing-tale) - 70candles, women aging, retirement, retirement humor, looking ahead
- [What we're reading](https://70candles.com/what-were-reading) - 70candles, what we're reading, books about senior adults, KarlPillemer
- [Keep on keeping on](https://70candles.com/keep-on-keeping-on) - 70candles, women aging
- [Without a Script: A Caregiver's Journey](https://70candles.com/without-a-script-a-caregivers-journey) - book, elder care, 70candles
- [Healing help](https://70candles.com/healing-help) - 70candles, healing, women aging, resilience
- [Open to hope](https://70candles.com/open-to-hope) - 70candles, women aging, open to hope
- [Ready to start living my future](https://70candles.com/ready-to-start-living-my-future) - 70candles, positive aging, working at 70, goals ahead
- [An appreciative gent](https://70candles.com/an-appreciative-gent) - 70candles, gratitude, a wonderful wife
- [A wake-up call](https://70candles.com/a-wake-up-call) - 70candles, positive aging, heart problems, resilience
- [Speed dating at 70 and beyond!](https://70candles.com/speed-dating-at-70-and-beyond) - 70candles, networking, looking ahead,resilience, women aging
- [Bridging the decades at almost 95](https://70candles.com/bridging-the-decades-at-almost-95) - 70candles, playing bridge, aging women, resilience, finding new pursuits
- [A survivor at 70](https://70candles.com/a-survivor-at-70) - 70candles, resilience, turning 70, ill health, widowed,
- [Goals: Summer Challenge](https://70candles.com/goals-summer-challenge) - 70candles
- [Beyond my comfort zone...exhilarating!](https://70candles.com/beyond-my-comfort-zone-exhilarating) - 70candles
- [Finding your life's work...at any age](https://70candles.com/now-i-will-write) - Finding your life's work at any age, 70candles
- [Lessons from a Hip Replacement](https://70candles.com/lessons-from-a-hip-replacement) - 70candles
- [Waiting for Inspiration](https://70candles.com/waiting-for-inspiration) - 70candles
- [Hear! HEAR!](https://70candles.com/hear-hear) - 70candles
- [Make what's left of life count](https://70candles.com/make-whats-left-of-life-count) - 70candles
- [Confessing ageism](https://70candles.com/confessinf-ageism) - 70candles
- [Not like a Boomer](https://70candles.com/not-like-a-boomer) - 70 from other perspectives. Women aging
- [Should I move?](https://70candles.com/should-i-move) - Where to live for women in their 70's, 70candles
- [When we outlive our joints and our senses](https://70candles.com/when-we-outlive-our-joints-and-our-senses) - 70candles
- [8 concerns of women in their 70's](https://70candles.com/8-concerns-of-women-in-their-70s) - 70candles
- [Negative feelings about being old](https://70candles.com/negative-feelings-about-being-old) - 70candles
- [Relocation decisions](https://70candles.com/relocation-decisions) - 70candles
- [Positive thinking works!](https://70candles.com/positive-thinking-works) - Positive aging! 70candles
- [Then and now](https://70candles.com/then-and-now-2) - 70candles
- [Let the Clock Run Wild](https://70candles.com/let-the-clock-run-wild) - 70candles
- [Used to being undaunted](https://70candles.com/used-to-being-undaunted) - 70candles
- [Enjoying the ride!](https://70candles.com/enjoyning-the-ride) - 70candles
- [My decision to leave my home](https://70candles.com/my-decision-to-leave-my-home) - 70candles
- [Alone, seeking connections](https://70candles.com/alone-seeking-connections) - 70candles
- [Now what?](https://70candles.com/now-what) - 70candles
- [Helpful or overbearing?](https://70candles.com/helpful-vs-overbearing) - 70candles
- [A glimpse of the big picture](https://70candles.com/a-glimpse-of-the-big-picture) - 70candles
- [Digging out](https://70candles.com/digging-out) - 70candles
- [Bored at 80](https://70candles.com/bored-at-80) - 70candles
- [Re-connecting with old friends](https://70candles.com/re-connecting-with-old-friends) - 70candles
- [Inga's story](https://70candles.com/ingas-story) - 70candles
- [Another kick at the cat?](https://70candles.com/another-kick-at-the-cat) - 70candles
- [We matter...](https://70candles.com/we-matter) - 70candles
- [What's next?](https://70candles.com/what-now) - 70candles
- [71 The second time around](https://70candles.com/71-the-second-time-around) - Turning 70
- [Fear of the unknown](https://70candles.com/fear-of-the-unknown) - Moving at 70
- [Finding it hard](https://70candles.com/finding-it-hard) - Family matters
- [Speed bumps on memory lane](https://70candles.com/speed-bumps-on-memory-lane) - Humor at 70
- [70 things to do before I turn 70](https://70candles.com/70-things-to-do-before-i-turn-70) - Turning 70
- [Laps](https://70candles.com/laps) - Laps
- [Things change](https://70candles.com/544) - Turning 70
- [The joy of turning 80!](https://70candles.com/the-joy-of-turning-80) - Oliver Sacks Turning 80
- [Letty Cottin Pogrebin shares her story about turning 70](https://70candles.com/letty-cottin-pogrebin-shares-her-story-about-turning-70) - Letty Cottin Pogrebin turning 70
- [Inspiration](https://70candles.com/inspiration) - 70candles
- [Facing the inevitable](https://70candles.com/facing-the-inevitable) - 70candles
- [What do we do with our time?](https://70candles.com/what-do-we-do-with-our-time) - 70candles
- [An amazing woman](https://70candles.com/an-amazing-woman) - 70candles
- [70 Things to Do When You Turn 70- A new book!](https://70candles.com/70-things-to-do-when-you-turn-70-a-new-book) - 70candles
- [Scared and sad](https://70candles.com/scared-and-sad) - 70candles
- [Late bloomers last longer!](https://70candles.com/late-bloomers-last-longer) - 70candles
- [Connecting](https://70candles.com/connecting) - 70candles
- [Almost at the big 70](https://70candles.com/almost-at-the-big-70) - 70candles
- [69 and Wondering](https://70candles.com/69-and-wondering) - 70candles
- [My story...my story](https://70candles.com/my-story-my-story) - 70candles
- [Life is how you take the ups and downs](https://70candles.com/life-is-how-you-take-the-ups-and-downs) - Turning 70
- [Trying to understand](https://70candles.com/trying-to-understand) - Turning 70
- [Power of positive thinking](https://70candles.com/power-of-positive-thinking) - 70candles
- ["Young-old" with gratitude and angst](https://70candles.com/young-old-with-gratitude-and-angst) - 70candles
- [One day at a time](https://70candles.com/one-day-at-a-time) - 70candles
- [Pondering the "last great event of a person's life"](https://70candles.com/pondering-the-last-great-event-of-a-persons-life) - 70candles
- [Follow your bliss](https://70candles.com/follow-your-bliss) - Turning 70
- [Retiring But Not  Shy-A new book edited by Ellen Cole and Mary Gergen](https://70candles.com/retiring-but-not-shy-a-new-book-edited-by-ellen-cole-and-mary-gergen) - 70candles
- [Thanks-giving](https://70candles.com/thanks-giving) - Gratitude at 70
- [Atlantic article about women in their 70s!](https://70candles.com/atlantic-article-about-women-in-their-70s) - Older women Atlantic article
- [Making informed choices](https://70candles.com/making-informed-choices) - 70candles
- [Women still working after 60](https://70candles.com/women-still-working-after-60) - 70candles
- [Ellen's 70 Story](https://70candles.com/ellens-70-story) - 70candles, about Turning 70, Women aging
- [Seeking new passions](https://70candles.com/seeking-new-passions) - Turning 70
- [So long easy chair!](https://70candles.com/so-long-easy-chair) - 70Candles, family matters
- [Financial pain](https://70candles.com/financial-pain) - 70candles
- [I Want to Live in a Blue Zone](https://70candles.com/i-want-to-live-in-a-blue-zone) - 70candles
- [Financial matters](https://70candles.com/financial-matters) - 70candles
- [Live it up now!](https://70candles.com/live-it-up-now) - 70candles
- [Looking forward](https://70candles.com/looking-forward) - 70candles
- [Medical ironies](https://70candles.com/medical-ironies) - 70candles
- [Paths toward retirement-from women's gatherings](https://70candles.com/paths-toward-retirement-from-womens-gatherings) - 70candles
- [Then and Now](https://70candles.com/then-and-now) - Written at age 18 as a college sophomore In 1928 (as Dora Sapp) I’d Like to Know By Dora V. Gordon I often wonder what I’ll be At the age of seventy Old and bent and doubled in two Knitting as old ladies do Sitting by the fireside A woolen shawl around me tied Wiping
- [A daughter's inspiration](https://70candles.com/a-daughters-inspiration) - Turning 70
- [On my Birthday!](https://70candles.com/on-my-birthday) - 70candles
- [Cold feet](https://70candles.com/cold-feet) - 70candles
- [Viewing a 50th College Reunion](https://70candles.com/viewing-a-50th-college-reunion) - 70candles
- [The Perfect Pie](https://70candles.com/the-perfect-pie) - 70candles
- [Getting our second wind](https://70candles.com/getting-our-second-wind) - Turning 70
- [We move on...](https://70candles.com/we-move-on) - At 70
- [Alive and kicking!](https://70candles.com/alive-and-kicking) - Turning 70
- [Remembering](https://70candles.com/remembering) - My Meandering Mississippi By Jerry Harris The meandering Mississippi of my mind, Flows southward, carrying with it, A name of the person My wife lunched with yesterday. A small matter, to be sure. My family keeps track of such things, Perhaps posting them on a notepad somewhere, Along with emergency numbers, grocery lists, The date
- [At Seventy](https://70candles.com/40) - 70candles, women aging, poetry
- [Feeling blessed and optimisitc](https://70candles.com/feeling-blessed-and-optimisitc) - Turning 70
- [Purplelocks](https://70candles.com/he-noticed) - Eileen, Age 70 HE NOTICED Just as I was going through menopause, at age 51, my hair seriously started to change color, from dark brown to a certain shade of grey particularly on the top of my head. I was desperate. I could not use permanent dye because I knew that I was allergic to
- [Seeking companions in the arts](https://70candles.com/seeking-companions-in-the-arts) - Willa, Age 75 Excellent article in the Times Beacon Newspapers. I am a retired Antique Furniture Dealer, single for the past 23 years and looking for a group of women with like interestes, such as the Arts, Architecture, Antiques, News, stimulating conversation etc. I attended SUNY for years upon retiring, traveled some, got involved in
- [HUMOR](https://70candles.com/humor) - There are so many situations that make us smile, and so many life stories that make us laugh out loud, that we thought we ought to add a humor page to our blog. We welcome contributions about the world as seen from our point of view, and about ourselves, as others seem to see us.
- [Times Beacon 70candles article](https://70candles.com/times-beacon-70candles-article) - Here's a wonderful article about 70candles by Leah Dunaief, publisher of the Times Beacon Newspapers on the North Shore of Long Island. Read it below, or at www.northshoreoflongisland.com Then click on the publisher's picture on the left side of the page. Speaking to women across the decades By Leah Dunaief November 30, 2011 | 03:06
- [Not a rosegarden](https://70candles.com/not-a-rosegarden) - Jenifer, Age 71 i have been divorced since age 49 have always been blessed with good looks. feel wasted years in bad marriage, but had 2 sons and a fear of being alone. my son decided to join the israeli army, and i planned to follow him. i did this and loved it. being in
- [Bumps in the road](https://70candles.com/bumps-in-the-road) - 70Candles, women aging
- [Pearls of wisdom from 70 Candles gatherings](https://70candles.com/pearls-of-wisdom-from-70-candles-gatherings) - Gratitude
- [Celebrating and exploring life at seventy](https://70candles.com/celebrating-and-exploring-life-at-seventy) - Turning 70
- [Restless at seventy](https://70candles.com/restless-at-seventy) - Anonymous, Age 70 I just turned 70. Traumatic. Just reading the number 70 and what it means, thinking of all of the people I have been, of the people I have known, of the decades I lived through is sobering, frightening, a cup of ice water in the face. I lived my life as though
- [Thriving](https://70candles.com/thriving) - Diana, Turning 70 Just found your blog yesterday. Thanks so much--it's almost eerie that it is just the forum I need to get my life review project rolling. "No coincidences" I suppose, even though it's said too much, it surely applies in this case. Isn't this an exciting, surprising, and wonder-filled time for us? I
- [Tough times](https://70candles.com/tough-times) - Irene, Age 70 This September I will be 70, a fearsome age that somehow I never seriously considered. Compared to many women of my age, I am doing well...I am married, my second husband is a good companion, I am in fair health, and we have barely enough money to last the rest of our
- [Down in the dumps](https://70candles.com/down-in-the-dumps) - Sherry, Age 69 I am quickly looking at age 70 and I am having a difficult time of it. I know it is just a number...or so I tell myself....but the truth is I feel like it is my first step onto the death train. Yes, I know we are all going to die, but
- [Traveling on](https://70candles.com/traveling-on) - Cathy, Age 70 I just turned 70 last week. I really don't feel any different than I did. I am still working full time, and, with the commute, that takes care of 10 hours a day. I am involved in other activities, including spending time with grandchildren and great grandchildren (ages 2 and 4). There
- [A new year lies ahead!](https://70candles.com/a-new-year-lies-ahead) - Anonymous, Age 69 I turned 69 in October of 2011, lost my husband in 2009, continue to have an exstensive social network of friends, single and couples, but yearn for the companionship of single men and women who are in good health, adventuresome, enjoy living life out of the box and want to test the
- [Networking](https://70candles.com/networking) - 70candles, Women Aging, networking
- [A good life](https://70candles.com/a-good-life) - 70candles, Turning 70,work life and retirement
- [Ever thankful New Zealand](https://70candles.com/ever-thankful-new-zealand) - Turning 70
- [View from age 23](https://70candles.com/view-from-age-23) - 70Candles, 70 from other perspectives
- [The Riches of This Age](https://70candles.com/the-riches-of-this-age) - Gratitude
- [New adventures...on my own](https://70candles.com/new-adventures-on-my-own) - 70Candles, family matters
- [Celebrating turning 70](https://70candles.com/celebrating-turning-70) - Sunny, Age 71 Turning 70 last year was exhilirating!. I had the most wonderful party given by my beloved daughter and never really felt the age. I can't really say that I feel the age - don't look it, don't act it and don't for a minute deny it. I embrace every day and look
- [Turning seventy](https://70candles.com/38) - Turning 70
- [Retirement?](https://70candles.com/share-your-story-and-read-others) - 70Candles, retirement
- [Caring for Parents](https://70candles.com/share-your-stories-and-read-others) - 70candles, family matters, caretakimg
- [70 in October 2010](https://70candles.com/70-in-october-2010) - 70candles, Turning 70, work life and retirement
- [Thickly Settled](https://70candles.com/thickly-settled) - 70candles, Women Aging, oír bodies our health
- [Catching Up with Technology--Or Not](https://70candles.com/catching-up-with-technology-or-not) - 70candles, Women Aging, technology
- [Traveling the road toward 70](https://70candles.com/traveling-the-road-toward-70) - 70candles, Women Aging, Turning 70
- [Still working](https://70candles.com/still-working) - 70candles, Women Aging, still workimg
- [Still Waiting](https://70candles.com/still-waiting) - 70candles, turning70,Women aging
- [AGEISM](https://70candles.com/ageism) - 70candles, ageism
- [REDEFINING OURSELVES](https://70candles.com/redefining-ourselves) - 70candles, Women aging
- [WHADJASAY?](https://70candles.com/whadjasay) - 70candles, Women Aging, hearing loss
- [Conversation in Albany, N.Y.](https://70candles.com/conversation-in-albany-n-y) - 70candles,mwomen agimg
- [On Being Age 70](https://70candles.com/on-being-age-70) - 70candles, Women Aging, work life and retirement
- [Turning 70-A retrospective view from 91](https://70candles.com/turning-70-a-retrospective-view-from-91) - 70 candles, about Turning 70, looking back from 91, work life and retirement
- [What Does it Mean to be 70?](https://70candles.com/share-your-story-2) - 70Candles, women aging
- [Joys of Grandparenting](https://70candles.com/barbara-says) - 70Candles, grandparenting
- [The Big "O"](https://70candles.com/the-big-o) - 70Candles, women aging, positive aging
- [Time to Retire](https://70candles.com/time-to-retire) - 70candles, Women Aging, work life and retirement
- [Looking toward 70 from age 50](https://70candles.com/looking-toward-70-from-age-50) - 70candles, looking toward turning 70
- [Reflections](https://70candles.com/reflections) - 70candles, Women agimg
- [Submit Your Story Below...](https://70candles.com/share-your-story) - 70Candles

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