With a strong emotional core and straightforward but engaging writing, Losing Importance shows a vignette about aging and enjoying life. This lean short story hits all its beats really well, displaying empathetic characters and a narrative that feels true to its themes. In its briefness, however, it ends up missing some much needed falling action that establishes better where these characters will go from the end of the story, rather than ending as soon as the climax does, leaving too little to the imagination. Still, it was a joy to read a story that knows not to get too bogged down on its admittedly depressing themes. It takes the melancholy of aging as it is: a natural part of life.