Turning 60

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Kathleen Meadows: I celebrated my 60th birthday last Friday. It was a quiet affair with a luncheon prepared by my husband along with a couple of friends bearing party favours. We laughed and reminisced about birthdays past. I looked at the balloons that had 60 painted on them and was discreetly shocked. “That’s about me”, I thought with not a little pride. I’ve discovered that 60 is a funny age. One marked with resolve, and an embarrassing amount of confusion. It’s as though all our birthdays before were sprinkled with planning, anticipation; a predominantly forward-facing orientation. At 60, that perspective shifts. It’s no more forward than backward, no more anticipation than sentiment, no planning or particular resolve. It’s as if we have finally made it to the present.

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