The Best Parts
Our society likes to focus on youth. This is not breaking news. We bought into the hype all throughout our lifetime.
And now — here we are attempting to undo all the damage it caused to our attitudes on aging.
Because simply stated — This Life is not our parent’s life. We are not aging in the same manner as our parents did — in the era prior to the discovery of antibiotics, CT scans, and chemotherapy.
To many of us, aging equals freedom — a fresh start — a new chapter of Life opening up.
The Best Parts of Life.
We are walking away from the day-to-day responsibilities of the 9–5. I can see it — feel it — when I’m around my friends who are retired. The stress of being chained to the profession they choose over twenty years ago is completely gone. We are not the same people we were when we started that career — we long to land in a place where the person we have grown into can flourish, breathe, be let loose. Someplace we ‘fit’.
We have raised our kids and have morphed into doting grandparents. My daughters still can’t figure out how I went from their mother to Nana — the personality change is THAT significant. We are free to love The Magical Creatures without limits. We know how the story ends — they don’t become serial killers if we make a misstep or two along the way. We look at their…
