A funny thing happened to comedy star Mary Walsh as she got older 91裸聊视频� instead of slipping into the sad and gloomy decline society had warned her about, she found herself getting happier.

At first she thought it was just her, but then she researched it and realized science has shown it91裸聊视频檚 a common feeling that comes with age, 91裸聊视频漬o matter what your physical ailments or your money situation.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淣ow, if you have been miserably unhappy, you91裸聊视频檙e not going to shine with the light of 10,000 suns, but you91裸聊视频檙e going to be happier than you were when you were 46 when you91裸聊视频檙e 66,91裸聊视频� says the St. John91裸聊视频檚 satirist, who recently gave a TEDx Talk in Toronto about old-age happiness.

91裸聊视频淚 remember reading years and years ago that life was full of 1,000 tendernesses and thinking, 91裸聊视频極h yeah.91裸聊视频� But then it hit me: that is true. As I get older and more wrinkly, I can91裸聊视频檛 see myself really because my eyes are gone, and so when I look in the mirror, I look quite good,91裸聊视频� the 66-year-old continues with a laugh.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the world being tender with you. You91裸聊视频檙e losing everything that you have, everything that you91裸聊视频檝e depended on, everything that you91裸聊视频檝e known 91裸聊视频� and to make up for that, you91裸聊视频檙e happier.91裸聊视频�

Indeed, Walsh appears to be living her best life these days.

The creator of the CBC comedy 91裸聊视频淭his Hour Has 22 Minutes91裸聊视频� was announced Thursday as the recipient of the Earle Grey Award at this year91裸聊视频檚 Canadian Screen Awards, set for March 31.

The award is for her body of work, which has also included starring in the 1980s-91裸聊视频�90s 91裸聊视频滳ODCO91裸聊视频� sketch comedy series, and writing, producing and starring in the mid-2000s sitcom 91裸聊视频淗atching, Matching and Dispatching.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 keep trying to be very calm about it and go, 91裸聊视频榊es, I91裸聊视频檓 very good,91裸聊视频� but actually inside I91裸聊视频檓 leaping up and down and bubbling,91裸聊视频� Walsh says. 91裸聊视频淚t is, of course, a great honour.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 one of many things Walsh has on the go.

She91裸聊视频檚 currently starring in the CBC series 91裸聊视频淟ittle Dog,91裸聊视频� preparing for another appearance on 91裸聊视频�22 Minutes91裸聊视频� and planning a cross-Canada trip with 91裸聊视频�22 Minutes91裸聊视频� cast member Cathy Jones to record online sketches featuring their 91裸聊视频渙ld-lady characters.91裸聊视频�

Walsh is also doing a short documentary with the National Film Board of Canada on how 91裸聊视频渨omen get more radical as they age.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淎gain with the 1,000 tendernesses theme that I seem to be playing, we find ourselves sexually invisible at some point. We find that we91裸聊视频檙e not the object of anyone91裸聊视频檚 desire anymore, we fall out of that place,91裸聊视频� Walsh says in discussing the doc.

91裸聊视频淏ut the big payoff for that is we suddenly become the subject of our own lives for the first time91裸聊视频�. It is a great revelation, to get older and to just feel that freedom of being the subject of your own life as opposed to longing to be the object of someone else91裸聊视频檚 desire.91裸聊视频�

Walsh is also writing a feature film screenplay about Newfoundland and Labrador91裸聊视频檚 1966 Come Home Year civic event, in which those who hailed from the province were encouraged to return. The story features a 13-year-old girl who is sent back 91裸聊视频渢o the people who didn91裸聊视频檛 want her in the first place,91裸聊视频� Walsh says.

The film is taking longer to write than Walsh expected.

91裸聊视频淚 find that all mountains are steep now and that all steps are more slow,91裸聊视频� she says.

But she doesn91裸聊视频檛 lose heart over such matters anymore.

91裸聊视频淚 think, 91裸聊视频楴o, I91裸聊视频檒l just keep going. I91裸聊视频檒l get a chance at it again. I91裸聊视频檒l sit down at it again and I91裸聊视频檒l keep going,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� says Walsh, who is also a mental-health advocate.

91裸聊视频淲hereas before I would just go, 91裸聊视频極h, well, obviously then I91裸聊视频檓 not meant to do that,91裸聊视频� and say goodbye.91裸聊视频�

Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press

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