60 Glorious Years — Stevie Turner, Indie Author.

by Karen J Mossman

I saw this and had to read it because April 23rd was my 60th too.

It’s an interesting story of school girls who have reached the milestone and stayed friends.

I stayed friends with one girl from school whose life hasn’t been as good to her. She married her husband the same year as I did, but unfortunately lost him through illness a few years ago. Prior to that her brother was killed in a car accident, and one of her sisters died very suddenly. Last year her neice was murdered by her husband. We celebrated our milestones together with a night in a posh hotel, a spa day and meal.

We never think of ourselves as being 60, afterall, wasn’t that the age of our grandparents? When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a 60 year old, I just see the girl I always was. Although, a few years ago when hubby turned 60, I had a giggle telling myself I was married to a 60 year year old man ! It seemed absurd. Not so much now any more.

The difference is we are both retired and free to pursue the things that make us happy. We don’t have to face those early morning commutes to work any more. We can do what we want, when we want. That has to count for something, and it does. It’s the price to pay for being 60. I can honestly say I am happier now than at any other time in my life.

That’s my story and this is Stevie Turner’s story. So what it yours, I’d love to know.

This is the year when my old school friends reach their 60th birthdays. I reached mine first a few months’ back, and it’s interesting to see how other friends’ lives who were in our little ‘gang’ at school have panned out as they cope with this great milestone. I have kept in touch with all […]

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