Opinion: I may not be young, but don't call me old

“Did you notice how everyone has changed since last year?” my friend Bea asked. It was the first get-together in a year for our group of friends, all seniors. Bea had only to look in the mirror to see how she herself has changed. But the rest of our group had also undergone noticeable deterioration — more wrinkles here, a bent back there, thinned-down frames, newly acquired canes.
I’ve changed, too. Lately, I have noticed how my gait has slowed down. I have lost a conside