A Delightful Little Book On Aging
Stephanie Raffelock
- All
- around
- us,
- older
- women
- flourish
- in
- industry,
- entertainment,
- and
- politics.
- Do
- they
- know
- something
- that
- we
- don’t,
- or
- are
- we
- all
- just
- trying
- to
- figure
- it
- out?
- For
- so
- many
- of
- us,
- our
- hearts
- and
- minds
- still
- feel
- that
- we
- are
- twenty-something
- young
- women
- who
- can
- take
- on
- the
- world.
- But
- in
- our
- bodies,
- the
- flexibility
- and
- strength
- that
- were
- once
- taken
- for
- granted
- are
- far
- from
- how
- we
- remember
- them.
- Every
- day
- we
- have
- to
- rise
- above
- the
- creaky
- joints
- and
- achy
- knees
- to
- earn
- the
- opportunity
- of
- moving
- through
- the
- world
- with
- a
- modicum
- of
- grace.
- Yet
- we
- do
- rise,
- because
- it’s
- a
- privilege
- to
- grow
- old,
- and
- every
- single
- day
- is
- a
- gift.
- Peter
- Pan’s
- mantra
- was
- “never
- grow
- up”;
- our
- collective
- mantra
- should
- be
- “never
- stop
- growing.”
- This
- collection
- of
- user-friendly
- stories,
- essays,
- and
- philosophies
- invites
- readers
- to
- celebrate
- whatever
- age
- they
- are
- with
- a
- sense
- of
- joy
- and
- purpose
- and
- with
- a
- spirit
- of gratitude.
