PERSONAL ESSAY

Wisdom Isn’t Guaranteed As We Age

The best things in life aren’t always free

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I listened to my friend, who is in her sixties, talk about an emotional wound she’d sustained nearly twenty years ago. It wasn’t a new story. I had heard this tale numerous times before. I love my friend dearly, and it saddens me that her past has been holding her hostage for nearly two…