Childhood dreams and beliefs are sometimes forgotten, but they are always real. What were yours? What are yours? Here is an sample of what our authors had to share: When I am older, I want to be a great dad, like the one I always wanted. - Malik-Aja Merisier When I am older, I see myself as a famous hockey player. - Corey Horwood When I am older, I see myself being very rich and living in a mansion. I see myself walking the red carpet for my movie premiere; my fans cheering for me and looking at me. - Meyghan Goodman When I am older, I'll see people I love go their separate ways. - Stephanie Cucuzzella

As Ecclesiastes says, There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. In the same way, When I Am Older, I Will Pray More shares prayers for seniors suitable for every life situation. These prayers can be used exactly as they are written in your devotional life, or as examples of how to regularly talk with the Lord about subjects ranging from everyday troubles to sick friends to preparation for upcoming life changes. Within each prayer also lies a positive message of inspiration that will provide comfort and peace, no matter what circumstances you face. If you prefer to create your own prayers, When I Am Older, I Will Pray More provides a five-point prayer form that you can memorize to help you when saying prayers aloud. You will also learn the praying fi ngers methoda simple technique to help remember who you are praying for. By using each fi nger on your hand, you can use this practice to ensure that you pray for everyone in your life, from the people closest to you to teachers, pastors, and even government leaders. Intended for all in or just entering their senior years, When I Am Older, I Will Pray More provides a nondenominational, easy-to-use resource of relevant prayers.

"O Lord, do not forsake me, even when I am old and gray, until I declare your strength to another generation." (Ps. 71:18) Our heart's cry: not to be forsaken when we are vulnerable. This journal describes my mother's last years with me. She was two months shy of one hundred. Past experiences, memories, and values color the person she was. Bits of these and her letters to me are included. She describes what she feels as she faces different kinds of losses and her source of strength. Into the narrative are added the modern challenges my large family faced and recent news headlines. That we may declare God's strength and love to another generation.

"Cast Me Not Off" helps the elderly and those who care for them make choices to maximize the quality of life in later years. Part I contains housing options and questions to consider when contemplating each choice. Part II contains vignettes from nursing homes to help family and staff learn how to reach out to residents. Part III contains readings and prayers that will be useful for the frail elderly and their caretakers.

A child imagines being old with Grandaddy and joining him in such activities as playing cards all day, visiting the ocean, and eating bacon on the porch.

Beautiful early writings by one of the 20th century’s greatest poets on the 150th anniversary of his birth A Penguin Classic The poems, prose, and drama gathered in When You Are Old present a fresh portrait of the Nobel Prize–winning writer as a younger man: the 1890s aesthete who dressed as a dandy, collected Irish folklore, dabbled in magic, and wrote heartrending poems for his beloved, the beautiful, elusive Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne. Included here are such celebrated, lyrical poems as “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” as well as Yeats’s imaginative retellings of Irish fairytales—including his first major poem, “The Wanderings of Oisin,” based on a Celtic fable—and his critical writings, which offer a fascinating window onto his artistic theories. Through these enchanting works, readers will encounter Yeats as the mystical, lovelorn bard and Irish nationalist popular during his own lifetime. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.