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1-59800-163-9
1-43270-107-X
1-43271-299-3
978-1-4327-1686-8
As author David Wayne Silva entered his senior years, he faced the loss of his beloved spouse, had to come to terms with retirement, and found himself battling heart failure and arthritis. That is when he began a new career by becoming a writer. He has written 5 books and also writes for a local newspaper.
The Senior Moments books are a collection of essays, meditations
and stories that "will both inspire and help senior
citizens through both the good times and the difficult
days that accompany the growing old process."
The books
contain different strategies that help seniors deal
with isolation and loneliness, chronic illness, and
personal relationships. Readers are urged to look at the
process of aging with humor and good intentions--to
observe the beauty in the natural world, to take care of
their bodies, to exercise and eat a balanced diet, to
maintain old and build new relationships, to reinforce
their spirituality, and to laugh more and cry less.
Author David Wayne Silva is a seventy-six-year-old
retired teacher and school administrator who spent
thirty-eight years working in 
the public schools with teacher, children, and
parents of all races and backgrounds, and in so doing,
gave much of his time to providing family counseling.
After the death of his wife, he met others who were
seeking counsel, and soon found himself facilitating a
counseling group for widowers. many of whom were senior
citizens. The author of two non-fiction books and a
collection of short stories, Silva encourages other
seniors to write their own stories and memoirs. He now
lectures senior citizen groups on living with the
problems of aging. "Suddenly life," he says, is once
again an adventure and aging is
only a necessary annoyance.
The baby-boomer generation, estimated to be 78 million strong, will soon enter their retirement years and will face many common chronic health problems as well as their own mortality. "Senior moments contains strategies," Silva says, "that will help all seniors get the most out of their golden years. It encourages each senior to build a new self image, and to carry with them memories of their successes, not their failures."