Abigail Trafford - Author, Journalist and Public Speaker

articles

2010

A little extra weight may not be a big deal as time goes by

Some longtime couples find that not breaking up is hard to do

Long goodbye of the elderly can create crises for family caregivers

Julia Child's co-author succeeded in the kitchen but also in second half of life

Obama's struggle with health-care reform echoes Clintons' failure in 1994

2009

Doing time well past their prime

Rather than Worry about Dementia, Forget About it!

The Pauses That Refresh

Not Too Old To Do Wrong

A Sisterhood That Edures for Decades

Looking for Heroes? Many of Them Are in the AARP Generation

The Kids Are Gone. Now What Is Marriage All About?

Falling in Love Again: It's Never Too Late

Now You're Talking: Fear Plus Rage Can Lead to Action

Boom and Doom

2007

In a Role Reversal, the Older Generation Tests the Limits

An Extra Ten and Young Again

Passing Down a Family Legacy

Diagnosis Shock - responding to illness

Raging, Aging Sisters Prove It's Good to Be a Woman

In the End, Love Prevails

Advice to Boomers

Ten Resolutions to change the culture of agin

2006

Finally it's MY TIME: A period once considered retirement age is now a time to refresh, revive and reimagine life.

Grannies wield political power.

Why not turn the life cycle upside down?

Closing the new gender gap.

2005

Bush on Aging: Not Now

Losing your pension and fighting back

Fighting the language of Ageism

Suffering from Retired Spouse Syndrome

Getting married. . . again

Jane Fonda and Me--and our Mothers

1994

What Went Wrong: How Wonks and Pols -- and You -- Fumbled Universal Health Care

High Time

High Time by Abigail Trafford The life of an adventurous journalist navigating her way through new territories—professional and personal in diverse locales

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As Time Goes By:

As Time Goes By by Abigail Trafford Boomerang Marriages, Serial Spouses, Throwback Couples and Other Romantic Adventures in an Age of Longevity

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My Time:

My Time by Abigail Trafford Making the Most of the Bonus Decades After 50


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Crazy Time:

Crazy Time by Abigail Trafford Surviving Divorce & Building a New Life


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