Why am I thinking about all this boring old people stuff now? Well, I guess because I’m standing here now at the threshold of it all. My mom died when I was 20 and my dad passed away in 2020. That protective generational layer has been stripped away like the Crescent Beach sand dunes after Hurricane Nicole, and I haven’t a clue what to do next. Zero clue. All I have are the successes and missteps I see in older adults today — and the examples I can recall from the elders of my youth. And I’m making haste to gather and synthesize it all now (while my eyesight and cognition function, kinda) so I have something tangible to SHOW that bitch geri-Me down the road, when I’m somebody’s Aunt Bess. I also want to be a good grandmother. And be the kind of funny older lady my kids enjoy being around. I also aim to be an attractive older person without overdoing it on the injectables and fake puff and shine. I want to get an A+ in eldering gracefully. Luckily, many people I know are slogging through these issues now with their parents and elder friends. There’s an abundance of conversation and commiseration out there — there’s a LOT of content to cull. That’ my ‘why-now, what-fer’ in a nutshell. What’s yours? #GrandPlans