Author Description

"Aging gracefully allows us to discover or rediscover our authentic selves, insists octogenarian Frank J. Cunningham, past publisher of Ave Marie Press and author of the best-selling Vesper Time: The Spiritual Practice of Growing Older. Cunningham here offers over 100 short, pithy, insightful quotes and reflections-one per page, in large print, with room to write reactions-that explore what spiritually engaged elders have become and can yet become, divided into five themes: Memory, Intimacy, Diminishment, Gratitude, and Acceptance. The black-and-white line drawings accompanying each chapter are by Connie Meyer-septuagenarian artist, mother, grandmother, and retired teacher"--