A few years ago, my grandfather gave up his car.
During the early years of his retirement, he’d been very active, volunteering at the local library and chauffeuring older folks who couldn’t drive themselves. Over time, he slowed down, but remained independent — so much so that after a year or so in a retirement home, he stubbornly moved back into his own apartment. Though he was in his 80s, he didn’t like the idea of being surrounded by — as he put it — “old people.”