What I notice is the tags of skin that have popped out all over my body. I'll bet I have 20 of them. Why is that?

On the other hand, I find that I'm nore comfortable being 73 than I was with 72. Don't understand that, either.

But I do enjoy being older rather than younger. As several have commented, crises are no longer so dire; you've come to realize that most things are not earth-shattering. When I think of all the things I've gone through in my life I wonder why I thought at the time they were so huge. I hadn't really known yet that until you do die, you will survive.

When my father turned 80 he had breakfast with two friends who had also recently achieved 80.

My dad said, "You know, we about have it made. They say very few people die after they're 80."