As we move through our 60s, many of us enter the life stage Erik Erikson called Integrity vs. Despair—a time of reflection, reckoning, and meaning-making. Join me as I look back on my experiences and discover what we share.
I grew up watching my mother fall—physically and emotionally—after surviving polio. One afternoon at a dental school parking lot, my lunch money became our way home and taught me something I’ve never forgotten about love, dignity, and resilience.