I wouldn’t call them role models, but they have done things in their older years that have given me food for thought.
This week, we heard that Diane Rehm, who has hosted a popular talk show for 37 years despite a speaking disability, will be retiring after the presidential election. She is currently 79.
Jimmy Carter’s mother (remember Miss Lillian?) joined the Peace Corps around the time he became president. She went to India.
My mother ran for Congress in her early 70s.
My friend Dorothy kept going to her editing job in her late 70s. In her late 80s, she was asked by her former boss to edit a book. (This time she declined politely, reminding him he now knew how to identify a dangling participle.)
Just putting it out there.
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Diane Rehm, popular talk show host for 37 years, plans to retire after the election.
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