But here we are months into the iPhone 5's existence and my 4 is still trudging along crankily as software updates conspire to remind me that it's an aging calculator bestowed upon me by the ancients.

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Millions of aging boomers, including me, have worn and loved stilettos their entire lives.

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The experience reminded me that our aging parents, particularly those who live alone, can be very touch-starved.

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"I suppose that 10% mortgage rates, red ink at the companies or a major shift in demographics (immigration, household formations, aging population) would get me to change my tune, " he says.

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Aging parents are all around me.

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Cathleen Dixon sent me pictures of the aging bridge she drives under when she takes her kids to school in Chicago every day.

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My ancient cell phone's gas gauge is similarly overoptimistic, and as its aging battery holds less charge than ever, the extra-big spare keeps me connected.

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This was the China she had wanted me to see, a land that was not merely the fantasy of an aging woman.

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As a MetLife Foundation Journalist in Aging Fellow, I was invited to be part of the discussion, and it has left me feeling hopeful about my own advancing years.

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This discovery has made me sensitive to the many other household devices not even remotely designed to accommodate the vicissitudes of aging.

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