{"id":1746,"date":"2022-07-22T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:50:00","slug":"another-year-older-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/another-year-older-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Year Older Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-22-1-774x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2488\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7558584846276521;width:318px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-22-1-774x1024.png 774w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-22-1-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-22-1-768x1016.png 768w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-22-1.png 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is my birthday and I have received more well-wishes than I expected. I am seventy-three today. I have friends. In a way, that surprises me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully, my wife of 51 years is my best friend. Having a life partner makes life easier for me and for most people I know. There are some who make me wonder how they are still together, or who have found safety and peace in retreating into single life. I am blessed with a family that cares for me and accepts me as a unique individual. And, I am blessed with others in my face-to-face life who are friends. And then there are those who became and remain friends from the world of social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does seem that as I get older, the circle of friends shrinks. Aging has this tipping point when it comes to the body. There is no escaping having your body betray you in quite a number of ways. To keep one\u2019s sanity, it becomes necessary to accept the reality of a body that defies all the \u201crules\u201d of what is beautiful. If one accepts that reality and then looks at oneself with a set of eyes that realise beauty is beneath the skin, not the skin. Body acceptance is part of the answer. Self-acceptance is the key. And these allow one to be a real friend to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish each of you that reads this comes to know that your best friend is yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is my birthday and I have received more well-wishes than I expected. I am seventy-three today. I have friends. In a way, that surprises me. Thankfully, my wife of 51 years is my best friend. Having a life partner makes life easier for me and for most people I know. There are some who make me wonder how they are still together, or who have found safety and peace in retreating into single life. I am blessed with a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/another-year-older-today\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}