Senior news: Remembering the good ol’ days has benefits

I have always forgotten things. (Fred MacMurray in the Absent Minded Professor was one of my role models.) I can still remember the sinking feeling when I forgot an appointment for a haircut or picking the kids after school.

I would have kicked myself in the pants, but I didn’t think more about it. But now when I forget something, I start imagining that every set of lost keys or forgotten name is one more sign that my memory is riding that downhill slide to total oblivion.