Friday carried a tender weight—the close of my parents’ visit left me wrapped in that sweet kind of melancholy, the kind that lingers when you’ve had something so good it’s hard to let go. Later, […]
Tag: midlife
The Forty Files: Doing It All at 43
The strangest thing about getting older? It’s how everyone else around me seems to be aging, while I’m still suspended in this feeling—one I can’t quite name. It’s not an age. It’s not a phase. […]
40 OVER 40: A New LIST
My brother Jon recently sent me a tweet about Grandma Moses, an artist who didn’t begin painting until 78. I hope we start talking and writing more about age and its possibilities versus its restrictions.
The Forty Files 