
Reader Submission
Some women write to us on ordinary days.
Others write after a date that quietly changed something inside them.
This reader sent her story the week after her birthday. She said it wasn’t about turning a certain age.
The following is her story, shared with permission and lightly edited.
I turned fifty-six last month.
For years, I’ve tried not to think too much about birthdays. I would say things like, “Age is just a number,” and laugh it off.
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