Generational Disconnection and the Space Between Us
Aging Promises Change and Loss There’s a particular silence that surrounds aging in modern, Western culture. We don’t know how to talk about mortality, so we don’t. And we don’t know how to be with people who are aging or dying, so we keep a social and emotional distance. My maternal grandparents are in their late eighties, which, of course, entitles them to some physical limitations. A fall. A broken leg. Now, surgery and assisted […]
