Knowing About the Scary Parts of Aging Isn’t the Same as Feeling Them

What your middle-aged self never expected

Me, at the age of 72, five years ago. Photo taken by my husband in our front yard

What’s the first thing you visualize when you contemplate getting old? Is it physical signs of aging? Wrinkles, saggy skin, gray hair, and maybe even losing an inch of height? As you can see above, all that happened to me. These changes may all be part of the package, but aging…