I enjoyed “The Return of Brendan Fraser” and was glad it mentioned his solid performance in Crash, a movie I think is even more relevant today than it was when it premiered. It is filled with complicated characters—including a police officer (Matt Dillon) and a politician’s wife (Sandra Bullock). The movie is brilliant, sad and uplifting (just like real life). Crash should be required viewing for all our leaders, especially considering our current climate.

With age comes wisdom. We learn to stop being so hard on ourselves, to give ourselves grace and room to breathe. We learn to forgive ourselves for not being perfect and for making mistakes. There is something very vulnerable and endearing about Brendan Fraser. I’m so glad he’s finding his happy place now.

It’s nice to know we always have the chance to start again no matter the age.

I absolutely love this man. He has so much more to accomplish, and now he has everything it takes to get there. Go Brendan!

In “Heart-Healthy Food Swaps,” the pro tip for making “nice cream” using bananas is to remove the banana peels before freezing. Actually, I find freezing the bananas in the peels preserves them even better and, when I’m ready to use them, I just pop them into the microwave for 30 seconds on each side and squeeze the banana out like toothpaste out of a tube!

Please include Essex County’s Branch Brook Park in your list of cherry tree collections [“The Cherry Blossoms Are Out!”]. This jewel of a city park in Newark, New Jersey, has the largest and most varied collection of Japanese flowering cherry blossom trees in the United States: 5,300 trees in 18 varieties.

“I Love You—Let’s Not Get Married” does not, fortunately, apply to me—I’ve been married 42 years. But there is a real downside of non-marriage for one important group of older folks: military retirees. If you’re not married to your partner, they will not qualify as a “military dependent,” and therefore cannot qualify for Tricare, a military health care program, or free prescription drugs. And they also can’t shop at the discount supermarkets, known as commissaries, or easily visit a military facility.