Starting Over

Aging isn’t for cowards. Longevity is a blessing that should be celebrated. In her new column, longtime Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell aims to view aging in a new light.

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Mary Mitchell Takes On Aging In New Column Starting Over
Longevity is a blessing that should be celebrated. In her new column, longtime Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell aims to view aging in a new light.
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Jonathan Jackson wins 1st Congressional District seat.
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Aging isn’t for cowards. Longevity is a blessing that should be celebrated, not ridiculed. Longtime Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell aims to view aging in a different light in her new column, called “Starting Over.”