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Yup . . . it's true! May is "Older American's Month". To provide you an belief of how important we are as a posse - we don't retributory get a day . . . we get a undamaged month! Impressive! What are you doing to delight our month?

I was lately told that, as a Baby Boomer, I'm thoughtful an "older American". Which is good of jokey because once I regard as of an "older American", I feel of my mother's generation, not mine! Especially because I don't really quality "old". I perceive ready and full-grown up and astute - but not old. In fact, I inert see myself as young at heart. I have friends who are my mother's age and I don't expect of them as old any. I retributive dream up of them as my friends.

As a acquaintance same latterly on her 60th birthday, "It's witty that I don't deem of myself as old. I suppose I'm conscionable touch my peak of your success but once my parents were my age, they were previously truly old."

Perhaps, but I'll bet once our parents countenance in the mirror, they don't see themselves as old any.

And the sincerity is that, for abundant Baby Boomers, there's more of a variation in age involving us and our offspring than concerning us and our parents. Therefore, once you work with your parents, respect them as parents but don't victuals them as old. Treat them as a cuss full-grown. Communicate as an developed. Perhaps pass on with the spatial arrangement you would use near your friends. The unexceeded way to have more than of a piece in their duration is to portion more of your enthusiasm with them.

As we oblige our parents, too regularly we move towards the instance beside them only in expressions of activity and bury the understanding so patch you're serving them . . . part the fun.

So as you sanctify Older American's Month, your Older American's Month Assignment:

In another words . . . Carpe diem, baby! And time you're seizing the day, take the calendar month and the year, too!