Amazon.com description: Product Description: "Growing Up At 62 is a collection of essays that celebrate maturity and the challenges that face all of us as we continue to grow. Readers will be exhilarated as they relate to the author's personal experiences which touch on family, illness, trauma, loneliness, connections, optimism, and the wonder of every day. Regardless of age, lifestyle, or current circumstances, readers will be touched by this fun and inspirational book. They will find themselves laughing and even shedding a tear or two as they meet the author at radiation therapy, join her in indulging a grandchild, or lose sleep with her over the loss of a loved one.