The Upside of Aging

    This story will make you feel better if you belong to those of us who are over the hill.

    It starts strong ...

    First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

    ... and it just gets better.