I may have bloomed, but I am not yet withered, I may have passed my peak, but I am still on the mountain. Just because I am over 60 doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole lot of life ahead of me; in fact, I can be braver…

When any big life event comes round, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, anniversaries, it is easy to remember what we were doing on the same day last year, or many years ago. Magical childhoods waiting for Santa to arrive, Easter egg hunting, unwrapping birthday presents, forever weddings.

One of the things I love about being older is the huge amount of precious memories I have accumulated, many that have been stored for decades. On dreary rainy days, like today, I take them out and enjoy replaying them again. One of the most enjoyable is a good old-fashioned Sunday…

None of us know if we are here for just a single moment more or perhaps decades. What we do know is that we are not on this earth for very long, in the whole scheme of things. To me, this knowledge makes life seem like a bit of an adventure. Every day could be my last…

I have always been very fortunate with health, so I am not complaining at all, but it was a bit of a shock to receive not so positive news. I had travelled all over the world, much of it on my own, and loved it. So when I found that travel, as I knew it, would be difficult, it felt like the beginning of the end…

If, like me, you are not a fan of following rules or being put in boxes, you may already find yourself living an electric lifestyle. When I was younger, I thought one day I would do what all my friends did, have a particular style. Fifty years later, I found what it was all along!

After an injury about 18 months ago, I had been experiencing pain in my right knee and noticed that it was looking a little thicker than the other. I telephoned my doctor who arranged for an appointment with a physiotherapist. He sent me straight to the local hospital for x-rays…

We are all familiar with the character that swoops in to save the world from being destroyed, or catch a person falling from a sky scrapper midair. We love the dramatic lead up to the crisis and the will-it-won’t-it scenario. If the hero doesn’t save the day, we could all be doomed!

Have you ever noticed how the last bite (or the last lick) is always the best? It doesn’t matter whether it’s your favourite meal, a delicious ice cream, last chocolate, or a ripe juicy cherry. Somehow that last bit always tastes so good! I think the same can be said of life…

Travel can be wonderful at any age, it just may take a little more consideration when older, especially if you are not as mobile as you once were. That said, I am a great traveller and spent a year travelling the world on my own in my 60s. It was one of the best decisions of my entire life…