I Woke Up Feeling Old Today

Why should that be a problem?

Katherine Taylor
Nov 7 · 3 min read
Photo by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash

I woke up feeling off this morning. Nothing in particular was wrong, not that I could identify anyway. It was just your regular low level “ugh” kind of start to the day.

Until I got into the bathroom to brush my teeth that was. I stood there, scrubbing the bad breath away, and noticed, well, how old I looked.

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Katherine Taylor

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Autistic. Disability rights advocate. Film enthusiast and critic. Short story author.

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