How did this happen? I am now completing the eighth decade of my life. I remember my parents admitting that they didn’t like this period of their lives because they were spending more time at funeral homes than at weddings or birthday parties. I now know that feeling.

Victoria Wienke, of Hamburg, finds that turning 80 has its rewards.

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