My whole life people have been telling me, “You’ll be so glad you’re tall when you’re older!” I wonder how old I have to be to experience this gladness, because it has not kicked in yet.

As a woman of a certain age, about to have a birthday that will catapult me to another certain age, I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older and to be honest, I’ve spent a lot of time looking at my face and neck in the mirror.