WITH LOVE

To my parents,
who taught me everything I never wanted to know.

To my children,
who taught me everything I wished I had known.

To my grandson,
who’s teaching me everything I want him to know.

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Welcome to my mind. The reason I’m writing is extreme frustration, and hope… extreme frustration about the nasty flack that surrounds "getting older" in this society, and hope that if other people have similar feelings, I’ll have someone to talk to! Hah. No kidding. We’ll all have someone to talk to. If we talk among ourselves, we can change this bad attitude.

It’s so annoying…. at a time I figure we deserve an award just for making it this far.

Think about it… the older you get, the more experiences you’ve had to figure out exactly what you enjoy and what to do with your time. It doesn’t make sense that any one phase of life is "the best".

This is a weekly column that will soon become a daily column. I want to hear other people’s thoughts and experiences about aging (the dreaded "A" word), positive and negative. And not just about aging itself and the aging process, but whatever is on your mind. Doesn’t it seem that minds and experiences would naturally get deeper and richer and more fascinating as time goes on?

This is a space to sound off, mouth off, and in general raise a fantastic voice for living strong… at every age and stage of life.

Anytime you’re ready, just click on YOUR 2¢, and let your fingers fly. Whatever you say will be strictly confidential, and you will receive a personal response.