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Monday, July 14, 2025
Making the Best of What's Left: When We're Getting Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered
You can tell from the title that 90-something Judith Viorst is not going to take aging altogether seriously, but she does delve into very serious topics and reports what she finds from interviewing dozens of he oldster cohort. Her chapter deal with leaving one's home for a "sensible safe retirement community," with the fact that we are all "losing it," our ardent wishes for a loved someone to "stop being dead," questions about an afterlife, thoughts on happiness and loneliness and the importance of community. A short and easy read that is still thought provoking and definitely worth your time.
Labels:
aging,
friends,
grief,
loss,
retirement communities
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