Insights & Guidance for Planning Ahead

Last week my wife, Barb, and I adopted Milo, an 85 pound one year old labrador mixed dog. We got him from the Hays Humane Society. It was a big step for us. We lost Indy in December 2023; then Kiah in January 2024; and finally our last love, Kobe, in May 2024. The three of them were best friends for many years. We were devastated, and I felt like my heart had been emptied. When trying to decide whether to adopt, we were asking ourselves: Do we jump back into dog owner

My first column that I ever wrote was for a periodic called the “Kansas Senior Times.” I was asked to write articles of interest to older adults. After some deliberation, I decided to call it “Gray Matters.” My thought was that though we are older, we still matter. And there are topics that matter to us. And the gray matter, “our brain,” has so much stored in it by way of knowledge and wisdom, that it needs and should be shared. Now, to the 2024 election. A few years ago,