An illustrated graphic shows a person in a hat raising both arms beneath bold red text that reads “Living Longer.” A subtitle below says, “How we can add life to our years — not just years to our life — as we age,” set against a soft, multicolored background.
(Illustration by Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News)

My life, as I know it, is over. 

To be clear, I have always considered my life fun, flirty, fast-paced, filled with competitive races, too much partying and  drinking, too little sleep, too many babies to raise, too much work to do with no time set aside to do it and hours spent on hair, makeup, wardrobe, shaving this or that, nails polished, facials and all the other trappings of youth. It’s over, today I’m 70! 

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