Eulogies for the Living

Aging often starts with our hands. Eighteen-year-old hands don’t look like 40-year-old hands or 70-year-old hands. We can cover up those…

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Aging often starts with our hands. Eighteen-year-old hands don’t look like 40-year-old hands or 70-year-old hands. We can cover up those fine lines and do our level best to turn back the clock — or at least cover the damage of its relentless ticking, but we cannot hide the truth in our hands.

My grandmother’s hands are…