This wacky way of marking my birthday changed my life
By Diana Forsyth, 62, from Hook, Hampshire
Walking up to the trollies in the car park, I picked a sturdy looking one.
Keen shopper?
Nope. Instead of wheeling it into the store, I clambered in.
‘Go!’ I instructed my husband Charlie, 68, who began pushing me round and round the Tesco superstore and car park.
People stared, but we didn’t care. We had to keep going for a whole mile!
And this was just one of the unusual ways I was marking my 60th birthday. Let me explain.
Back when I’d turned 50, I’d felt really glum about it.
‘I’m halfway to 100! Almost dead!’ I moaned.
A negative person, I dwelled on the downsides. Older, wobblier, stiffer…
Charlie encouraged me to be positive, but I found it hard.
I should’ve been cheerier. I was lucky enough to have good health, and had a job I loved in a funeral parlour. And I was mum to four grown-up sons.
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