“I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40 so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.”
- Joan Collins

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He turned 70 last week and as I will follow suite in just a mere six months. I have been spending some time thinking about how age is different than growing older. I mentioned a few posts ago how I was finding it easier to accept the changes that growing older brings with it, after all, I have been growing older since the day I was born. But grasping that number 70, and the preconceptions I have about it when it comes to age, rattled me a bit. So, I did a little research, and it seems 70 is the new 60, some even say it is the new 50. It just comes with a few more doctor appointments, (along with some new screenings,)new glasses every year, and a couple of daily pills to keep you going.

Luckily I can live with those things without too much stress.