The Math of Growing Older

If you are less than 10 years old you think about aging in fractions, 4 1/2 years old, 6 3/4 almost 7! Next you look forward to age, you are "GOING" to be 16 and soon! Then the best day is when you BECOME 21. Yes!! But something happens, you TURN 30, you're PUSHING 40, you REACH 50, and MAKE IT to 60. Just when it sounds like you have slowed down and ran out of steam you HIT 70! and GET INTO your 80's! And finally it all starts backward you are JUST 90 years old when the fractions come back and you are 100 & 1/2 years young. Maybe both the 4 year old and the 100 year old understand the value of time best. Each moment counts.

Little blond boy

Walking through the grocery store my husband was looking at this adorable little boy. He was in the shopping cart had a big round sweet face with feathery blond hair. He reminded me of our boys when they were small. His dad and mom were near by grocery shopping unaware of the memories and emotions the sight brought to me. My husband said "Now there's the life" While I didn't want to go back (I love my adult kids and the lives they are making for themselves.) I could see the sweetness in the scene, very heartwarming. Looking toward my husband he said "Going to the store in shorts and no shoes, being pushed around the store while eating a cracker and no one cares. Now there's the life. I wish I could get away with that." Bubble popped, I said "Give it a few years."