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    Elizabeth M., at 74, says she didn’t know what to do after her grandchildren started growing up and she b ...

    Elizabeth M., at 74, says she didn’t know what to do after her grandchildren started growing up and she became bored with her backyard vegetable garden. Photo: Barbara Risto With the support of her da ...

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    Marion and Bill Vancouverites by choice, Marion and Bill recently celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Bi ...

    Marion and Bill Vancouverites by choice, Marion and Bill recently celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Bill, a Dutch immigrant who grew up in Smithers, BC, met Marion, born in Brandon, Manitoba and li ...

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    Julie & Tom “You can’t put a price on the experience we just had with our grown children,” says Julie ...

    Julie & Tom “You can’t put a price on the experience we just had with our grown children,” says Julie. “It was profound.” Julie is referencing the anniversary trip that the family of four Vancouve ...

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    VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova S ...

    VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova Scotia Department of Education & Early Childhood Development in 2014, Virginia moved from Ha ...

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    JAMES & KEAGAN “It was our sense of humour that brought us together, almost instantly, 20 years ago,” ...

    JAMES & KEAGAN “It was our sense of humour that brought us together, almost instantly, 20 years ago,” says James, reflecting on meeting Keagan in a gay bar in Vancouver in 2003. “We were otherwise ...

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    While the only constant in life may be change (Heraclitus), some transitions, especially as we age, can b ...

    While the only constant in life may be change (Heraclitus), some transitions, especially as we age, can become more of a challenge to navigate. If or when the time comes to choose independent or assis ...

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    Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river c ...

    Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river cruise in France this month. Both Saskatchewanians, they met there in 1975 when she was working ...

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    DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, ...

    DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, Ontario in 1978. “We met socially,” says Debbie, “and started dating soon after.” She then move ...

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    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 ...

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 years. But they only got together five years ago, when she was 80 and he was 82. John, widowed ...

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    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don ...

    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don’t like to be alone,” says Jo-Ann De Jong, 89, who made the transition to a retirement communit ...

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    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago fro ...

    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago from her high school sweetheart, whom she met at age seven, dated at 17, and eventually married. “ ...

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    Janice & Johnny When Janice dropped her glasses case in the waiting room at LifeLabs one morning, whi ...

    Janice & Johnny When Janice dropped her glasses case in the waiting room at LifeLabs one morning, while in line for a blood test and after fasting the requisite 12 hours, she barely managed a “Tha ...

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    Mom Week When Robert, a Canadian-UK citizen, came home to Canada to visit his parents in May, he asked hi ...

    Mom Week When Robert, a Canadian-UK citizen, came home to Canada to visit his parents in May, he asked his mom if she’d like to come to London in June. “No,” she said, having just returned from a week ...

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    Stuart & Amanda Stuart and Amanda met in the mid-1970s, in their late 20s, at a press conference in M ...

    Stuart & Amanda Stuart and Amanda met in the mid-1970s, in their late 20s, at a press conference in Montreal. Both journalists, he was based in Toronto and she in Vancouver, where much of her fami ...

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    Coincidental Sisters When Swiss-born Ursula joined the staff at one of the Vancouver School Board’s job s ...

    Coincidental Sisters When Swiss-born Ursula joined the staff at one of the Vancouver School Board’s job sites, she immediately came over to me after the staff introduction and said, “I have a sister n ...

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