Learn to laugh about it “My husband and I have found growing older is best faced head-on with a good sense of humor! You have to admit, four adults out to eat dinner passing around one pair of readers (especially my cute pink pair) so we can all read the menu is funny! I love to have multiple pairs of readers and changing my look. My husband has just as much fun buying glasses as I do. It is not just vision — hearing loss, and having to guess what the other person just said, is almost funnier. (Did he really think I just said, “The ducks are going to be early tonight”?) Having watched parents and worked in health care, my advice on aging is laughter. The most well-adjusted seniors I know have a great sense of humor. Also, be kind to each other. It is inevitable that all these changes will occur, but this change also comes with a sense of calm confidence in who we are as older humans. Embrace it with joy.” — Lynn, 55

“The worst part of needing reading glasses is not being able to find them! I buy inexpensive (but stylish!) readers in quantity and keep them in a pretty bowl on the kitchen island. When the bowl is empty, it’s time to do a whole-house round-up and start over again.” — Elizabeth, 64