Category Archives: Aging

The Beauty of Aging

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

What remains with the remains, when your future is far shorter than its past. Do you cue Peggy Lee’s, singing “Is That All There Is” or Frank singing to himself, “My Way?” Aging. Most try to hide it as though … Continue reading →

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Wellness & Aging

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Have you ever heard four more unAmerican words in your life? “I can’t do it.” “Of course you can,” says your friendly neighbor who knows nothing about your condition except that American mandate. “Crawl if you have to,” your neighbor … Continue reading →

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Aging: “I Can’t Do It!”

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“I can’t do it.” Have you ever heard four more unAmerican words in your life? “I can’t do it.” “Of course you can,” says your friendly neighbor who knows nothing about your condition except that American mandate. “Crawl if you … Continue reading →

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“In Between” Time

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Between Christmas and New Years is my favorite time of the year. It’s one of my favorite phrases and its meaning we all love to sometimes hate.  “Inbetween.”  (Although it’s actually two words, as it should be, because it represents … Continue reading →

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Approaching 64 Year’s Checklist

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

John didn’t make it with his tragic end at 40 and George was only 58.  Ringo’s the oldest at 75 and Paul is a young 73.  I’ve been waiting for their song to come true for me since their “Sargent … Continue reading →

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Kids Show Us How To Age

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

They are carefully held at birth, some in proverbial swaddling clothes, fed often, night light turned on, homework completed, learning not to just print, small tasks are assigned to begin testing the waters, ironing and folding are folded into their … Continue reading →

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They’re My Age

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It took many of my years to catch up to them but most of them are gone and now I find myself among the “them.”  Does age do that? I’m older than the president of the United States, 10 years … Continue reading →

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Scrooge & Our Lives

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It was another lonely meal beside the fireplace as he’s done night after night after a twelve hour day of balancing the books in unbalancing ways.  Crackling sounds growing louder pauses his meal as his dead partner visits with a … Continue reading →

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Sam & Sylvia Are Me

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I’ve had these two beastly cats for ten years now so I know their moods, behavior and movements as much as they know mine. I have owned that they are both a part of me even though cats refused to … Continue reading →

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“We Lose A Library”

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“When an old person dies, we lose a library,” is a loosely stated African proverb.  How true.  How much that person has read throughout life and digested from fun fiction to telling biographies to shocking newspaper headlines. Digested but remembered?  … Continue reading →

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