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When my cousins Eden and Lina came to live with us, I gave up my room and slept with Mother. They were home-loving sisters who made my room look nice with printed curtains, and they made crocheted covers for the beds. Under the bed they had many boxes of canned goods, mostly milk for Eden’s baby. A basket lined with diapers was hung from the rafters and the baby slept in it.
Rankings of the best and worst countries to grow old, according to the UN-backed Global AgeWatch Index 2013, were released on Tuesday, the first survey of its kind to collect global data on the well-being of the elderly in a rapidly aging world.
There are heroes outside battlefields—ordinary, everyday heroes who strive to change the world through their own simple ways.
Many men these days are not only concerned about how they look. They also take the time and make the effort to keep young and fit. As the boyfriend of a friend told me, “It takes a lot of work to look this good,” pointing to himself.
“When the theater is empty, filled with echoes of my voice; when the orchestra is silent and all you hear is noise; When my glory days are over and the lights no longer shine, will the people still remember that the voice they heard was mine?”
There are fundamentals on health, beauty and wellness that we overlook. It’s time to review the basics of good health and true beauty, so here are answers to often asked questions.
If my husband had his way, he’d probably live in a vacuum. How many times have I come home to an airless home—windows, glass doors shut, no air-con on, not even the fan, and he’s sound asleep on the couch, hugging his guitar as though it were a soft pillow, breathing in the same carbon dioxide he breathes out.
Stress, pollution and exposure to harmful chemicals are some of the plenty factors that may be hazardous to our health. Admit it, these days, it is as if, stepping outside our home makes us vulnerable to sickness.
IS IT TRULY a race against time when aging is the issue?
Drawing may be more effective for retaining new info than methods such as rewriting notes, visualization exercises or just looking at images.
