"I understand my mother now," said my mother, "when she used to say, 'O! to be 75 again!"
And, sort of, I think I can understand it, too. My mother isn't that far past 80 - she'll be 79 in December - but she has visibly aged in the past couple of years. Her skin hangs loose where it used to be firm, her eyes seem to be permanently shrouded, almost
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