Relish every summer day. Stretch them. Fill them with memories. Smile and laugh more. Gather with friends and visit family. Put my feet in the water. Grow things and grill things. I make my summers count by making them beautiful. I have no intention of raging against my aging. I intend to embrace it, to embrace the muscle aches and the crow’s feet as the price of growing in wisdom and grace; to understand that age is not my body forsaking me but my life rewarding me. | |
Aging, as I see it, is a gift, and I will receive it with gratitude. | |
— Charles Blow | |
From: “The Beauty of Embracing Aging“ | |
An editorial appearing in: New York Times, dtd: June 5, 2024 | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: https://davidkanigan.com/ | |
The specific post can be found at: https://davidkanigan.com/2024/06/07/i-got-about-30-more-summers-left/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have some free time. — kmab] | |
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Grateful For The Gift
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