In this guest essay from the New York Times this week, Margaret Renkl, who writes on culture in the American South from her home in Nashville, reflects on why she feels blessed to be sixty. In part, her reasons are cultural/political, as she has realized that first-wave feminism allowed her to step “through open doors, it turned out, blithely unaware of the vision and sacrifice and passionate persistence of the women who had opened those doors for me.” But the reasons are also very personal: she is grateful to be sixty, she writes, because she has accepted herself, has defied some genetic odds, has learned what true friendship is, as well as what makes the beautiful and the joyful. It’s an essay that puts perspective on today, this weekend, and your life. Read Here
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