“We may be aware of small increments of getting older; we may meet an increasing number of people who make us uneasy with their youth; but the fact of being old ourselves comes as a surprise, and is often accompanied by the belief that there has been some mistake.” PeopleMayHas BeensFactsAgeBeliefNumbersMistakeYouthSurpriseGetting OldGetting OlderUneasyBeing Old Author:Terri E Apter
“Old age is a strange country, and most of us enter it unwillingly.” CountryAgeStrangeOld Age Author:Terri E Apter
“It is not however, adulthood itself, but parenthood that forms the glass shroud of memory. For there is an interesting quirk in the memory of women. At 30, women see their adolescence quite clearly. At 30 a woman's adolescence remains a facet fitting into her current self.... At 40, however, memories of adolescence are blurred. Women of this age look much more to their earlier childhood for memories of themselves and of their mothers. This links up to her typical parenting phase.” LooksSelfAgeFormMotherWomenMemoriesInterestingChildhoodRemainsGlassesCurrentsLinksParenthoodAdulthoodPhasesAdolescenceTypicalFittingFacetsQuirksShrouds Author:Terri E Apter
