I hope all the Dad’s in the world had a great day.

As a friend of mine was on her way to the cemetery to visit her Father, it really hit home with me how lucky I am to be able to spend the day with my Father. Especially this year.
My Dad has kidney cancer, which there is no direct treatment for. He did have his kidney removed three years ago, but the cancer came back earlier this year. He has undergone many tests and procedures and actually had the tumor and surrounding tissue frozen last week. We sure hope …read more

Newspaper columnist Cathy Hamilton was chronicling a personal account of the adventures and misadventures of being a woman over 50 in a weekly column called Boomer Girl Diary for a local newspaper when she began searching online for a community of baby boomer women. What she found was there was not much to be found. And so, Boomergirl was born.
Boomergirl, created for boomer women, born 1946 to 1964, is a community-based website offering beauty, fashion, family, finances, fitness and health advice; information of all sort and the latest news; blogs written by Boomergirl staff and members; clubs to join; …read more

Dan Buettner refers to them as Blue Zones — geographical locations people reside that appear to give them an advantage when it comes to living longer, active, healthier lives. Buettner has been traveling the globe in search of these locations in order to learn the secrets of longevity from the residents who live there. In his quest thus far, the writer and avid adventurer has traveled to Costa Rica, Sardinia, Okinawa and Loma Linda, California.
In profiling the residents, Buettner states he has discovered both unique and common characteristics of people who not only live much longer than most of us, …read more