Acceptance of growing older while embracing life with positivity, elegance and charm is known as aging gracefully. It sounds so beautiful and inspiring. It also sounds nothing like me. I strive to age gracefully, but I’m aging grumpily. I have my moments of patience and wisdom to rival Yoda and Dumbledore. Then in the next breath I’m...
Now and Then  by Iris Winston I still think of Anna. Not often anymore. After all, it has been many years since we last talked. I never met her in person. That wouldn’t have been allowed for any of us who were volunteer listeners on that city’s distress line. Anna was a regular caller. She would phone in great distress every evening for...
