Here is a fun game to play at any age. I learned this in Colombia when a group of friends and I played with the some senores. Due to its cross generational appeal, this is a fun game to learn even if you don’t understand Spanish. The game is called “El Baile de la Fruta” … Continue reading
You Need to Have Friends!
One of the secrets to aging well is that you have to have friends. It is important to surround yourself with a great group of people that you can call friends. These people can be members of your family, members of your inner community or people you met while traveling. The key is to have … Continue reading
Health Highlight: Older Adults and Excessive Alcohol Use
It is no surprise that younger adults drink more alcohol than older adults. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 28% of young adults binge drink compared to 3.8% of older adults. Binge drinking is drinking to get drunk, and is usually classified as five or more drinks in a day. Interestingly though, … Continue reading
Do you want to Live Long[ER]?
As a child, in bible study I would read about these people in the bible that lived very long lives. Adam lived to be nine hundred and thirty years old. Seth, Enos, Jared, and Kenan all lived for over 900 years. I remember learning that Methuselah lived up to 969. That is almost a 1000 … Continue reading