Best of Beth Ashley: Instead of the doom, focus on the precious

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Beth Ashley

Editor’s note: The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2010.

Recently, my No. 4 son turned 50.

If he’s 50, how old am I?

I am shocked, shocked, shocked to realize that I’m not young anymore.

My first, Pete, will be 59, come November. How did that happen?

My children have all moved up in the family hierarchy. Their schedules are busier, more urgent than mine. They have become the energy...