Healthy Aging From the Inside

I'm a wife, a mom to three sons, and Nonie to four grandchildren. We have two grandsons and nine-year-old twin granddaughters. My husband, Kenneth, and I live on Lake Jordan in Alabama, where we're raising the girls. At 60, my life includes school schedules, gymnastics, softball, and building a business with their future in mind.

In 2017, I lost my youngest son, Patrick, before his twin daughters were born. Those little girls are the granddaughters Kenneth and I are raising. Losing a child changes your life in ways that are hard to explain. My faith helped me find my way forward, and it still shapes how I care for my family and how I treat people.

Raising our girls has given me a very personal reason to care about how I age. I want to be there for the everyday things and for the years ahead. Kenneth and I are building a life for them, and I'm still making plans for my own future, too.

I've had to start over more than once. I've made mistakes and had plenty to learn. I know a woman can be carrying a lot that nobody sees. That matters to me when someone trusts me with her story.

My own health is part of that story. After years with Graves' disease and then life without a functioning thyroid, I know the frustration of a body that doesn't respond the way it used to. Learning more about healthy aging gave me better questions to ask. Now I share what I'm learning in plain English.

I'm also an entrepreneur. I want to build something that helps people and leaves something for our girls. I won't trade someone's trust for a sale.

I don't want health just to see a number on a scale. I want health because there are people I love, things I still want to do, and chapters I still want to live.