I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am an only child. I am a girlfriend. I am a dog lover. I am a volleyball player. I am a high school graduate. I am a NKU Norse. I am now a nursing major. I am a Kentucky native. I am a lake girl. I am happy.

I am independent. I am hardworking. I am an athlete. I am a sister to two brothers. I am a singer and piano player. I am a Kappa Delta sister. I am a very impatient person. I am not enjoying being quarantined. I am a dog lover. I am always reading a romance novel. I am switching majors. I am currently drinking coffee and reporting to this blog.

I am a psychology student. I am a writer who is looking to publish my first novel. I love writing poetry and music. I am a coffee barista. I come from a split family. I am a lover of cats. I enjoy working out. I recharge in nature. I am spontaneous. I am empathetic and one of my greatest goals in life is to help people. I love Jesus as He is my savior and father.

I am a dog mom. I am a triplet. I am an Ohio native. I am a daughter of parents who are from the Appalachian region of Eastern Kentucky. I am one of six children. I am a friend. I am a pre-nursing student. I am studying to become the fourth nurse in my family. I am adventurous. I am energetic. I am from generation Z .

Welcome to our intergenerational community forum on healthy aging. This forum exists for the purpose of engaging PSY 321 Lifespan Development students in conversation with older adult community members on topics of healthy aging. While this is designed as a course assignment for students, it is an opportunity for all to learn and engage with a topic that is personally relevant to everyone.

New blog posts will appear below this welcome in reverse chronological order. Make sure to scroll through and sample the posts. Just because it is posted most recently doesn’t mean it is the most interesting.

Please remember that as a learning community we are trying to encourage open discussion. Disagreement or differences of opinion may occur. These should be viewed as opportunities to share and expand your perspective. Personal attacks, inflammatory language, or shutting down conversation does not help advance discussion. Please keep the ultimate purpose of this blog in mind. Don’t be afraid to share observations because they aren’t popular or differ from the group, but be prepared to listen, learn, and support one another as you discuss these issues.

Should you have any questions or concerns that you wish to share with me, Allyson Graf, as the moderator directly, please do not hesitate to contact me at healthyaginglabnky@gmail.com.

As a community, we want to know who is in the room. We are going to use the concept of spontaneous self-concepts to describe the most relevant aspects of ourselves. In your own blog post (not as a comment), respond to the prompt: I am…

You should include the most important or salient aspects of yourself. Shoot for 10-15 descriptors, but don’t force it. I will provide my response below so you can get a sense of what this can look like.

I am a partner. I am a mom of three cats. I am a friend. I am an advocate. I am an Ohio native. I am always busy. I am a daughter of divorced parents. I am an only child. I am an alumna of West Virginia University. I am a professor. I am a millennial.

Prof Graf

Now it’s your turn…