Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older [Hardcover]

Aging is an inescapable part of life, something we celebrate when we are young and intent on achieving all those milestones  16 and driving! 18 and voting! 21 and drinking!  but that becomes more sobering as the milestones are fewer and perhaps grimmer. This book addresses, from the point of view and personal experience of a 65-year-old baby boomer with a bad hip, how we got here, how we carry on our journey with grace and humor, and where we are going next.From hip replacement to learning new bird names, from grandparenting to losing your last dog, from retirement to thoughts of one's legacy, from jury duty to forgetfulness, from getting rid of stuff to the mystery of the afterlife, this book takes the reader on the bittersweet journey of aging with grace and humor.Valerie Schultzis a freelance writer, journalist, columnist forThe Bakersfield Californian, and a contributing writer to the Jesuit publicationAmericaand the daily prayer bookGive Us This Day. Her essays and short stories have appeared inThe Los Angeles Times,The Washington Post, and theChicago Tribune, as well as in Catholic publications such asUS Catholic,Commonweal,Human Development, andThe National Catholic Reporter. Her books includeCloser:Musings on Intimacy, Marriage, and God(2008),Overdue: A Dewey Decimal System of Grace(2019) andA Hill of Beans: The Grace of Everyday Troubles(2021).

This is a wonderful book, a book to be savored, and I have urged my friends to buy and read it. At times it feels like a personal journal, and at other times like a deep conversation between good friends. It is full of wisdom on subjects that matter most. Richard P. Olson, author of The Grandparent Vocation: Wisdom, Legacies, and Spiritual Growth

Valerie Schultz's gem of a book sets out to answer the question: What are we going to do with the time we have left? She shares her personal struggles wilC)