Oh no ~ I’m getting old
Growing up I heard a lot about growing older... you can do this, do that, go here and there. Yet as I watched my parents age, I couldn't understand why they didn't seem to be doing this or that, they weren't going here and there as much as they used to, most days they took a nap, and the noises they made as they sat down or got up. All kinda confusing ~ until I reached that age and realized that this whole aging thing isn't all it's cracked up to be 😕
When I was young, my mom told me that I gave her, her gray hair because she worried about me and loved me ~ She would say... 'my gray hair means I cared about you.' Another one I heard was... 'wrinkles are just laugh lines.' I was confused because I laughed a lot and I didn't have any wrinkles ~ until I did, now I have lots of laugh lines 😃
Little did I know that one day I too would be just like my Barbie doll ~ stiff as a board. And that's not all, what's with these hot flashes ~ it's almost like I have an inner child that's playing with matches 🔥
Aging gives a whole new meaning to...'why am I here' ~ It's more like, why did I walk into this room. I find it ironic that a group named Simple Minds sings the song – ‘Don't You Forget About Me’ because as I age that's what I find myself doing ~ forgetting 😐
I realized I was getting older when I went from... The radio is playing my favorite song to the grocery store is playing my favorite song ~ I walk up and down the aisles singin' along, cause I ain't leavin' till my song is over 🎜🎝
And what happened to all that talk about aging like fine wine, was it just that ~ talk. Cause I don't know about you but me, I'm more like a box of Rice Krispies ~ snap, crackle, pop and that's just some of the noises this ol' body is making these days 😏
And if all of that isn't enough the other day, I heard Sammy Hagar's song ~ I Can't Drive 55 and I thought ~ Oh my gosh that's so me! I can't do what I did at 55 and what used to take 2 hours now takes all day 😄
Peace & Love