Alexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski, PhD (2013), MPH (2009), is Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Behavioral Sciences & Social Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine. They have published numerous journal articles, books, and public commentaries on the experience and management of chronic conditions as people age.J.E. Sumerau, PhD (2012), is Associate Professor of Applied Sociology at the University of Tampa. They have published numerous journal articles, social fiction novels, short stories, and academic books on continuity and change in cultural meanings and settings over time.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAlexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski and J.E. Sumerau1 “Spend Your Spoons Wisely”: Conceptualizations of Time, Energy, and Aging Invisibly with Crohn’s DiseaseGinny Natale and Manacy Pai2 A Case Study of BIPOC Spouses with Rare and Genetic DiseasesMichele Wise Wright and Terry Gene Wright3 Politicizing Therapy with Older Adults Experiencing Urological DistressIan M. Johnson and Nicholas B. Dicarlo4 Gender Diverse AgingNat Jones5 Resilience in the Face of Life Challenges Experienced by Older Adults Living with HIVKristen D. Krause6 Embracing and Authentic Feminine SelfAngela Hunt (with Audria LB)7 Fathers Who Have Adult Children with Developmental Disabilities Living in Their Home and Their Relationships with Them: A Qualitative StudyKirsten L. Ostergren Clark8 Life Course Eating Disorder Recovery on the MarginsNik M. Lampe9 Still Living, Still Dying: Autoethnographic Inquiry on Aging with Cystic FibrosisAlexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski

Alexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski, PhD (2013), MPH (2009), is Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Behavioral Sciences & Social Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine. They have published numerous journal articles, books, and public commentaries on the experience and management of chronic conditions as people age.J.E. Sumerau, PhD (2012), is Associate Professor of Applied Sociology at the University of Tampa. They have published numerous journal articles, social fiction novels, short stories, and academic books on continuity and change in cultural meanings and settings over time.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAlexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski and J.E. Sumerau1 “Spend Your Spoons Wisely”: Conceptualizations of Time, Energy, and Aging Invisibly with Crohn’s DiseaseGinny Natale and Manacy Pai2 A Case Study of BIPOC Spouses with Rare and Genetic DiseasesMichele Wise Wright and Terry Gene Wright3 Politicizing Therapy with Older Adults Experiencing Urological DistressIan M. Johnson and Nicholas B. Dicarlo4 Gender Diverse AgingNat Jones5 Resilience in the Face of Life Challenges Experienced by Older Adults Living with HIVKristen D. Krause6 Embracing and Authentic Feminine SelfAngela Hunt (with Audria LB)7 Fathers Who Have Adult Children with Developmental Disabilities Living in Their Home and Their Relationships with Them: A Qualitative StudyKirsten L. Ostergren Clark8 Life Course Eating Disorder Recovery on the MarginsNik M. Lampe9 Still Living, Still Dying: Autoethnographic Inquiry on Aging with Cystic FibrosisAlexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski

Alexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski, PhD (2013), MPH (2009), is Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Behavioral Sciences & Social Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine. They have published numerous journal articles, books, and public commentaries on the experience and management of chronic conditions as people age.J.E. Sumerau, PhD (2012), is Associate Professor of Applied Sociology at the University of Tampa. They have published numerous journal articles, social fiction novels, short stories, and academic books on continuity and change in cultural meanings and settings over time.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAlexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski and J.E. Sumerau1 “Spend Your Spoons Wisely”: Conceptualizations of Time, Energy, and Aging Invisibly with Crohn’s DiseaseGinny Natale and Manacy Pai2 A Case Study of BIPOC Spouses with Rare and Genetic DiseasesMichele Wise Wright and Terry Gene Wright3 Politicizing Therapy with Older Adults Experiencing Urological DistressIan M. Johnson and Nicholas B. Dicarlo4 Gender Diverse AgingNat Jones5 Resilience in the Face of Life Challenges Experienced by Older Adults Living with HIVKristen D. Krause6 Embracing and Authentic Feminine SelfAngela Hunt (with Audria LB)7 Fathers Who Have Adult Children with Developmental Disabilities Living in Their Home and Their Relationships with Them: A Qualitative StudyKirsten L. Ostergren Clark8 Life Course Eating Disorder Recovery on the MarginsNik M. Lampe9 Still Living, Still Dying: Autoethnographic Inquiry on Aging with Cystic FibrosisAlexandra “Xan” C.H. Nowakowski