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6 Ways to Help Your Grandchildren Without Writing a Check

Even by Ohio standards, the Charltons' vegetable garden is a whopper. It covers more than three acres of very rich, very flat farmland on David and Amy's ranchette outside Bowling Green. Then again, I suppose it takes a big garden to raise a big zucchini, like the one the Charltons grew a few years back that took the blue ribbon at the Wood County Fair.

But it's not their prize-winning zucchini that makes the Charltons beam with pride when they tell me about their vegetables. It's the purpose behind the garden that makes them rightfully proud. For the past nine years, the Charltons have cultivated their massive vegetable garden in partnership with their grandchildren, ages 8 to 16. Working together, they've sold the produce at a roadside stand in front of their house, with all the proceeds going into a special college fund the Charltons set up for their grandchildren. David and Amy pay for all the seeds, fertilizer and other costs, but from planting to weeding to closing the sales with customers, it's a two-generational team effort throughout.

The World's Record for the Longest Marriage

In a day when marriages begin and end with the greatest of ease, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher are a rarity. The James City, N.C., husband and wife have been wed 86 years and hold the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage of a living couple.

Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher were married on May 13, 1924.

What to Write in a Sympathy Note

You're not the first person to sit down to write a sympathy note -- and then wonder what to say. Before you pick up a pen -- and a handwritten note is far preferable to sending an e-mail or leaving a voicemail message -- here are some time-tested tips to help make the task less intimidating.

Don't wait. Sending a sympathy card or note that lets a family know they're in your thoughts is always better than silence. It's never too late to write a condolence note.

Senior Center and Meals & More Program Bring Couple Together

Ezra and Ruth When Ezra Jones, 74, came to Indianapolis last year from Shipshewana to visit his son, he had no idea how CICOA's Meals & More program at the Indianapolis Senior Center would change his life. On Saturday, Aug. 28, Ezra married Ruth Gaunt, 78. Standing up with them were two people who helped bring them together: Ezra's son Jeffery and Dorothy Sams, the Meals & More site manager who played matchmaker.

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