• What are
  FAVORITES?
  Bookmark any page of our site conveniently in this one area.
  
  Sign In or Register so you can take advantage of all of the features of After Fifty Living

One thing we After Fiftiers all have in common is 50 years (at least) of genuine life experiences. We've learned that "TRUE" always outdoes "FICTION."

So, Share YOUR Story with us. Click here to learn how. And read below to take a trip down memory lane, and be amused, uplifted and inspired. Great stuff!

Wondering what to write about?  We find the best submissions come straight from the heart, brimming with authenticity.  Here are some thoughts.

• Preparing for retirement
• Becoming a grandparent
• Finding true love After Fifty
• Grieving the loss of a spouse, a friend, a pet
• A defining moment
• Social Security and/or Medicare
• The future - what does it hold
• The past - lessons learned
• Looking for work After Fifty
• Downsizing
• Caregiving: stresses and joys
• Watching your children mature
• Alzheimer's: its impact on your life
• Staying (or getting) strong After Fifty
• Why He/She is my best friend
• What being single/married has taught me
• Great travel tips
• The family reunion
• Dealing with technology After Fifty
• After Fifty dating "do's and don'ts"
• How to prepare your home for sale
• Move to a retirement community
• My favorite sport/hobby - and why
• My biggest challenge
• How I stopped smoking (or drinking or ....)
• What I'm most proud of in my life
• and much, much more.....
  
  And thanks from all of us for your contribution!!!

adelec One of my favorite memories of Christmas would be listening to our(Dzarjew)(grand father in Polish)singing Silent Night as he sat by the Christmas tree.
He was a very sweet and sentimental man who loved Christmas and his many grand children.
There were 6 in our family.
He would tell us about the old country and begin to well up with tears. The same as he did while singing Silent Night to us.
Christmas Eve was a special night for him because my mother would always prepare all of the foods he loved and grew up having in the Ukraine.
My mother was of French decent but enjoyed cooking
these foods because it kept us close to our roots and traditions as a family.
We still celebrate Christmas Eve in the same way we did since I can remember and I'm 64.
Our children and their families all look forward to sharing Christmas Eve together with these traditions.
If any one of my siblings and I had to sing Silent Night by ourselves or together,I dare say we would all be in tears.
The pine cone doesn't fall far from the Christmas tree.
Sun Dec 4, 2011, 4:05:58 PM EST

Leave a Comment -

Guidelines: We welcome your thoughts, but for the sake of all visitors to AfterFiftyLiving.com, please refrain from the use of obscenities, personal attacks or slurs. All comments are subject to our terms of use and may be removed. Repeat offenders may lose commenting privileges.