75!!! Wow, Look at Me Aging!

Getting Old? OH HELL NO

All at once I discover that I have turned 75, three quarters of a century….I knew this was going to happen…someday…but holy cow, someday finally arrived.

I have outlived my parents, two brothers, two husbands, one brother-in-law, countless aunts and uncles, both sets of grandparents…..wow, all this does tend to make me feel alone in this bad old world.

On the brighter side, all my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and one sister are still alive and kicking. Very positive note.  The only thing I wish for at this time is that they all outlive me….except my sister maybe.

Have I accomplished all I wanted to do and experience? Well, no, I have not.  Is this upsetting or depressing? Well, no, it is not. I have done just enough to make for an interesting life, still have a couple of things left to accomplish.  Travel, of course, and continuing my Education, and, of course, continuing to write.

So, apparently, I don’t have a lot to say about being this old, or getting older, or regretting not being younger. I think I did not like being younger. I feel like I came into being around 45 or so.  This would make me a youngster of 30 right about now.

I do not believe in the word “old”. Furniture gets old, cars get old, ideas definitely get old.  Anything that is living, whether it be members of the animal kingdom, bird kingdom, or human, DO NOT GET OLD. We, and they, all age.  I am aging, not in place, just aging.  I have never viewed myself as getting old. Old is for those people who whine and complain about aches, pains, who died, and the biggest mistake of all: “I am too old for that, you are too old for that, you shouldn’t do that/dress like that/etc. because you are old”.

Let me state this one more time, I AM NOT OLD. I DO NOT GET OLD. I am aging, gracefully maybe, chaotically yes, happily, definitely.  I am me, I am enjoying me, I am aging!        

GO ME! Not quite to Infinity and Beyond, but at least for another 50 years!!!