GOOD
GOOD MORNING AMERICA FOR TWENTY YEARS. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN. YES SEVEN
CHILDREN INCLUDING TWO SETS OF
TWINS. SHE BEAT CANCER AND HAS
WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS. SHE
TELLS NEWS AIDES HEATHER MYERS
THAT HER BOOK ON AGING TITLED
WHY DID I COME INTO THIS ROOM?
LISTEN JOAN LUNDEN I LOVE
THE BOOK SO EASY TO READ. BUT
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I FOUND
VERY INTERESTING ABOUT YOU IS
YOU DON'T LIKE BIRTHDAYS AND IN
OUR SOCIETY WE ARE SO TIED TO
AN AGE AND I THINK THAT AGE CAN
SOMETIMES BE INCREDIBLY
LIMITING AND IT CAN MAKE A
WOMAN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE
AREN'T ALLOWED TO AGE AS MUCH
AS MEN ARE TO SAY OH KNOWN 52.
SO I'M NOT AS APPEALING, NOT AS
SEXY SO THEREFORE I'M NOT AS
RELEVANT. AND YOU CAN GO DOWN
THAT PATH AND THAT'S REALLY
THE IMPETUS FOR THE BOOK. I
KNOW THIS IS WRITTEN FOR WOMEN
OR AT LEAST KIND OF AIMED
TOWARD WOMEN BUT I FEEL LIKE
EVERYBODY SHOULD READ THIS BOX
OF WINE. I MEAN WHAT THEIR
WIVES ARE GOING THROUGH. I HAVE
HAD A NUMBER MEN WRITE TO ME
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW OF PRETTY
MUCH THEM HUSBANDS OF WOMEN
THAT I KNOW THAT I DON'T REALLY
KNOW THE HUSBAND AND A FEW MEN
ON FACEBOOK AND THEY ALL SAID
MY WIFE YOUR BOOK. AND WHEN SHE
FINISHED IT SHE SAID I SHOULD
READ. I DID. I FEEL LIKE I
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW MY WIFE SO
MUCH BETTER NOW. ONE OF
THE CHAPTERS IT TALKS ABOUT
THE DANGERS, THE HEALTH
CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL ISOLATION
AND LONELINESS. AND SO THIS IS
AN INTERESTING TIME WE'RE
LIVING IN WHERE EVERYBODY'S
TALKED ABOUT FRANCINE AND WE
CAN'T VISIT OUR GRANDPA OR
PARENTS IN THE NURSING HOME.
THAT MUST CONCERN YOU. WELL,
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW
THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD
BEING ALONE. BUT WHEN YOU LEARN
FROM THE EXPERTS THAT ISOLATION
AND AGING ISOLATION IS HAS A
BIG NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR
HEALTH AS SMOKING 15 CIGARETS A
DAY ALL OF A SUDDEN LIKE WHEN I
LEARNED THESE THINGS I SAY WOW,
I MEAN I HAVE TO SHARE THIS.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF GETTING FULLY 20 ON A
MORNING SHOW JOB AND THEN NOT
ONE BUT LOTS OF TWINS BACK TO
BACK. DO YOU EVER RECOVER FROM
THE LOSS OF SLEEP? I DON'T
THINK SO. BUT THOSE LITTLE
TWINS ARE NOW ALL HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE TWO 15 YEAR OLDS AND TWO
17 YEAR OLDS. SO NOW YOU HAVE
TO STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT. YOU
GUYS BRING BACK INTO THE CROWD,
YOU KNOW, BUT SLEEP HAS ALWAYS
BEEN MY NEMESIS. YOU KNOW, FROM
THE TIME I STARTED TELEVISION
AND I I ALWAYS KNEW THAT YOU
SHOULD GET MORE SLEEP BUT NOT
UNTIL I REALLY STARTED TALKING
TO SLEEP EXPERTS SO I COULD
MAKE SURE THAT I HAD THE LATEST
INFORMATION. DID I ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND JUST HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS? THE REASON WHY I CAME TO
MAKING THE TITLE OF THE BOOK?
WHY DID I COME INTO THIS ROOM?
IT'S BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
THE ONE THING THAT WORRIES
PEOPLE THE MOST THAT THEY'RE
THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO LOSE
IT AND THAT IS NOT IT'S USUALLY
NOT THE CASE. IT'S NOT
THE BEGINNING NECESSARILY OF
DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S. IT'S
JUST PART OF AGING. AND I THINK
THERE'S COMFORT IN KNOWING
THAT. SO YOU DON'T FREAK OUT
EVERY TIME YOU WALK OUT OF
THE MALL AND CAN'T REMEMBER
WHERE YOU PARKED YOUR CAR
BECAUSE THERE IS A QUOTE IN
THE BOOK OF SOMETHING YOUR
HUSBAND SAID TO YOU AFTER YOU
LOST YOUR JOB AT GM A YOU
REALLY JUST STUCK WITH ME. I'VE
BEEN ON THE ROAD IS NOT THE END
OF THE ROAD AS LONG AS YOU
REMEMBER TO MAKE THE TURN YOU
KNOW AS LONG AS YOU AND YOU
KNOW WHEN I LEFT GM MAY I? I
REMEMBER MY ATTORNEY SAID TO ME
SOMETHING SMART. ALSO YOUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS KNOWING
GOING FORWARD IS KNOWING WHAT
TO SAY NO TO. I DO COMMENCEMENT
SPEECHES, A LOT OF COLLEGES AND
I WOULD SAY YOU'VE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT YOUR BRAND AND WHAT
YOU STAND FOR WHAT YOU CAN
BRING TO THE WORLD AND HOW YOU
CAN MAKE YOUR MARK ON
THE WORLD. AND IN THIS DAY AND
AGE YOU GUYS CAN ALL DO THAT. I
ALSO TELL THEM TO GO ON THEIR
FACEBOOK PAGE AND A RACE AND
DELETE ALL THE PICTURES OF ALL
THE PARTIES IF THEY EVER WANT
TO BE FIRED. SOMETHING. YES. IF
YOU WANT TO GET HIRED THAT'S MY
FIRST TIP. AGAIN, THE BOOK IS
GONE. WHY DID I JUST WALK INTO
THIS ROOM? JOAN LONDON. I
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THIS
IS JUST SUCH A