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Ruth Miller

89 years old
Living Through Loss
grief loss widowhood
I lost my husband of forty-seven years. The first six months felt like breathing underwater. What saved me was his old gardening routine. Every mornin...
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James Chen

92 years old
Building Something From Nothing
failure business persistence
Three businesses failed before I was forty. Bankrupt twice. My wife asked me to get a job. I said "just one more year." That year I learned that my eg...
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Dolores Rivera

84 years old
Love After Heartbreak
relationships divorce second-chances
I was fifty-three, divorced, certain love had passed me by. Then I met Carlos at a salsa class—he stepped on my feet three times. I said "you're ter...
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William "Bill" Thompson

96 years old
War And What Comes After
trauma ptsd healing
I came home from Korea and didn't speak for three months. Not a word. My mother sat with me every day in silence. One spring day she said "the garden ...
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Amina Khadri

81 years old
Starting Over In A New Land
immigration belonging identity
We came with seven children and two suitcases. I didn't speak English. Everything was foreign and frightening. My neighbor—she didn't speak my langu...
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Robert "Bobby" O'Malley

88 years old
The Addiction That Almost Took Everything
addiction recovery reinvention
I drank for thirty years. Lost my family, my job, my home. Got sober at fifty-seven. Thought my life was over. Turns out, my life actually began then....
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