Personal Stories

Louise and Charles “LaLa” Evans were married for almost 60 years. Living in Mississippi, it’s clear from the thousands of photos they took over the years that theirs was a loving and sweet marriage. When Louise passed away, LaLa determined to honor his wife in a way the two had…

Perhaps it’s the amazing weather in San Diego. Or maybe the city just attracts the “superagers” we’ve read about.  But whatever the reason, the local PBS station in San Diego has decided to shine a light on seniors in the city who defy their age every day with full and…

For more than 50 years, 88 year old Alex Carozza has been plying his trade on West 48th Street in New York City as the country’s premier accordion repairman. But as neighborhoods come and go in New York, so, too, do its shopkeepers. After 5 decades, Mr. Carroza has had…

For many of us who are approaching retirement or are just tired of the work we’ve done for the last umpteen years, the opportunity to remake ourselves with a new “encore” career is alluring. At the website Second Lives Club, founders Carrie Tuhy and Mary Lou Floyd occasionally blog about…

It’s hard enough getting older. Imagine growing older, with all of its attendant limitations, while serving a sentence behind bars. Your life is severely restricted and your options to maintain a quality of life are few. For photographer Jessica Earnshaw, the subject of aging prisoners became a passion and a…

It’s hard enough getting older. Imagine growing older, with all of its attendant limitations, while serving a sentence behind bars. Your life is severely restricted and your options to maintain a quality of life are few. For photographer Jessica Earnshaw, the subject of aging prisoners became a passion and a…