
No Ma'am, No Thanks
I don't know if there's ever been an ideal time to grow old.
Life, Observed
I don't know if there's ever been an ideal time to grow old.
Not that I want to hurry up and get old(er) but at this age, one starts to dwell on aging and end of life and the meaning of it all.
Then I hit 50 and all hell broke loose. It's like the OFF switch was activated and all that fast moving metabolism came to an abrupt halt.
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