50 and 70. Connection and Age. Spiritual Strength.

2-legged, cisgender, white man of privilege turning 70 enjoying life with friends of 50+ years. Still kicking-sort of-still enjoying life. Intentional families.

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Old friends, old me 00:37. 1

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Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once.  I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare.  Let's make some sense of all this.

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Old friends, old me
I took a week off to vacation in wild, wonderful West Virginia. We rented a camper van, drove to our old stomping grounds in Lewis and Braxton Counties and partied with friends we’ve known for 50 years. My wife and I go back 50 years. Aging fascinates me. My grandson sort of thinks I’m old. I told him that the 11-year-old me looks out of these 70-year-old-eyes sometimes. He said he could understand that - sort of —what a guy. A few weeks ago, at a block party gig with Lechuga Fresca, my Latin Band, I watched three 10-11-year-old girls skipping down the street. I thought, but didn’t say out loud, you might be 70 one day.

The perseverance to know people for 50 years also intrigues me. Several smaller groups of this tribe grew up together in widely dispersed locations, Detroit, Buffalo, and Woodridge, NY. The groups connected happenstance – meeting while hitchhiking, at college, at concerts. We cross-pollinated and married across groups. We’ve been present for each other through births, deaths, marriages, breakups, diagnoses, and kids. As expected, we now talk about retirement, accessible travel, aches, pains, bodily functions, and our grandchildren, not so much politics.