90 years of a life well lived and some wisdom
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on October 8, 2017. It can also be found online here. My grandmother-in-law turns 90 this weekend, so I called and announced myself with a self-deprecating ice breaker: “It’s your good-for-nothing grandson-in-law.” Before I got the last syllable out, she pushed back with infectious positivity,…