Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
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What scares you about getting older?
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Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
Losing my eyesight – I live for the view, and the sunset and the sunrise.
That I’m going to start commenting “Wow” under AI images I think are real.
I understand that you lose the register of hearing that enables you to hear crickets, and when I can’t hear crickets in the summer I’ll be really sad.
Having regrets and not knowing what to do about them.
Becoming invisible.
So far, getting older has made almost everything better.
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