Day: November 23, 2021

After discussing suicide with my mother throughout her life, I was surprised she waited ‘til her mid-nineties to lunge headfirst from her wheelchair. Though a lifelong depressive irritated by everything, I thought my mother was too spineless to do it ‘til she did.  Though she never sought therapy, she discussed killing herself like others did…

After discussing suicide with my mother throughout her life, I was surprised she waited ‘til her mid-nineties to drop headfirst from her wheelchair. Though a lifelong depressive irritated by everything, I thought my mother was too spineless to do it ‘til she did. Though she never sought therapy, she discussed killing herself like others did…

So what does “Aging Gracefully” mean if anything at all? Does it mean keeping a low profile as we decline into the “hoary age” so as not to trouble juveniles with the inevitability of doom or is it about etiquette or maintaining a dancer’s physique? Why even consider a dignified decline? Who benefits if we…