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)

I used to run for cover whenever my friends offered to show me pictures of their grandchildren.  

Then my son and daughter-in-law called to tell me they were pregnant. I burst into tears, immediately announced the news to an entire yoga class full of mostly strangers, and forced everyone to look at ultrasound pictures of a tiny blob taken at seven weeks.  

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