Reader Submission
This reader wrote about something she finally understood later in life.
It wasn’t about changing herself.
It was about stopping the idea that she needed to go back.
The following is her story, shared with permission and lightly edited.
For a long time, I believed that getting older meant trying to return to something.
Not all the time.
Just quietly.
Every time I went for a haircut, that thought was there.
If I chose the right style, the right length, maybe I could feel like I used to.
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