Be a Happy Old Lady with One Simple Rule

Ask for what you want NOW

Maram
6 min readJul 22, 2020
Photo by Cristian Newman on Unsplash

With a somber look on her face, an elderly lady once said to me, “I used to be a better person.” Even though I had witnessed the difficult behavior, her confession broke my heart. I have spent time listening to the elderly people around me. I have heard stories of sacrifice, stories of self-imposed restrictions, and so many “shoulds” and “should…

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Maram

mom, wife, writer, PhD which means I like to ask questions and look for patterns, basically a preschooler :-)