Old People: Memories, Regrets, Longing, Love

Lydia Sohn writes beautifully about conversations with elderly parishoners on love, happiness, aging, and death.

[T]he biggest impact they left on me was not reprioritization but being okay with aging. I confess that prior to my conversations, I had an intense fear about growing old. This, I realize, was what motivated me to begin this research in the first place. I assumed the elderly lost their vibrancy and thirst for life. That couldn’t be further from the truth. They still laugh like crazy, fall in love like mad and pursue happiness fiercely.