On Being Elderly
The TV news this morning blared out a headline that "an elderly couple" was injured in a car wreck somewhere near here. Auto accidents are so common in these parts that the wreck didn't really register with me. But the words "elderly couple" crashed into me like a head-on collision. What exactly constitutes an "elderly" couple these days? I turned to Sandy and asked, "If we were involved in a news story like this would they describe us as 'an elderly couple'?" She didn't hesitate. "Yup." Elderly? ELDERLY? US????? No! NO! Say it ain't so, Joe!" Despite my denials, there is a [READ MORE]
