: About Me

On reaching 80 Mickey opened the mail on his birthday. It was no surprise to find several cards from friends and relatives. A card from his former mother in law said that they were holding a party for him on the following Sunday. Mickey was not that excited at the prospect of being honored in this way, secretly he wished that everyone would ignore it. The fact was Mickey hated to reach this milestone. He still felt mentally as a young man but the reality was his body had kept pace with the years and he was in a panic mode. How does one cope with finding oneself at an age where most people ...