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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 12:00 AM

What's so damn great about aging?

Crackling good writer and "Sleepless in Seattle" director Nora Ephron gets serious about sagging necks and wrinkles, transforming her family life into fiction, and why her movies aren't as stupid or schmaltzy as people say.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Tuesday, August 8, 2006 07:04 AM

    Good about it? My farts smell better

    Just kidding... But actually - except for my herniated disk, aches and pains and accelerating decrepitude - I'm just not as angry and frustrated anymore. I continue to be sad and upset about so many things, but it doesn't clobber me the way it did when I was younger. I have more empathy and compassion. I get over things faster. I don't hold grudges the way I used to. I'm mentally stronger and have a better BS meter. I know how to go away from people that are bad for me; even family members. All that and more...

    You lose stuff; you gain stuff; lose stuff and gain more stuff - and not in the material sense either. Everything us just better.

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