The Aging of Aquarius

Boomers have a chance to change how we get older, writes Debbie Reslock in The Denver Post.

Time has a funny way of slipping up on us. For me, this was never made more apparent than when I last got together with my siblings. Instead of laughing over old stories from childhood, we were discussing which of us hadn’t yet gotten a colonoscopy.

I have six brothers, and we’re all members of the baby boom generation, a group that in just a little over a year will start crossing the threshold into what has been traditionally defined as “old age.” Yet, it’s not really aging that bothers me — it’s the getting old part that’s hard to take.

I came by my reluctance honestly, having been raised by a wonderful mother who never admitted to a birthday past 39.

But what really constitutes old age? According to the Pew Research Center, the actual number changes depending upon the age of the person asked. It also seems that the older we get the younger we feel, with the gap growing along with the years. But there is an old saying: What we can’t get around, we have to face. And the reality is that the baby boomers are graying.

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Category: Baby Boomer Culture, Baby Boomers