What It Feels Like to Turn 60 — and Beyond

My birthday made me wonder: How do I age with grace?

Gayle Kabaker
Human Parts
Published in
12 min readMay 10, 2019

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All illustrations by Gayle Kabaker

II recently turned 60. I sure don’t feel 60 and I’m told I don’t look it, but the milestone made me wonder: How do I age with grace? My mother died when she was 48 and I was 23, so I wasn’t able to watch her age when I was an adult.

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