“How many old people does it take to change a light bulb?”
“Change?!!!!!!”
Growing older is often associated with an unwillingness to change.
Sadly, it’s often true. You may have heard phrases like “I’m too old to think about that” or “I’m too set in my ways to change now.”
From the womb to the tomb and beyond, our physical bodies constantly undergo change. Continue reading
This is NOT Mrs. Miller.
What do you think when someone speaks of being “90 years young”?
I’ve always heard that expression as a cute substitute for “old.” Since the expression rarely refers to someone younger than 50, it’s at once an admission of age and a determination not to be categorized.
On NPR’s August 9th Weekend Edition, in a story entitled “Remember: The Ball is Your Friend,” essayist and “literary activist” E. Ethelbert Miller tells about his 59-year-old wife’s decision to play basketball for the first time in her life. In passing, he mentions that the “challenge” he and his wife face is “being 60-young instead of 60-old.”
So I’m not the only one! Continue reading