Birthdays

You know that age is just a number when birthdays come and go and you don’t feel the slightest bit older than you did some twenty, thirty years ago. Scan the old pictures in the album and take a stroll down memory lane wondering just how you found yourself here, reached this day and come upon that aging silhouette that makes up your private well lived history of joy and pain. It is a wonder of nature that the face in the mirror could possibly be you, you don’t remember it that way and despite the years on your license, your body aches with younger muscles, vibrant youthful vigor and enthusiasm that enjoys each and every day. So put aside that number rub and then forget those achy joints, chuckle at those kids who run you ragged and challenge your mature age with joking taunts. You’re better than you ever were living a life inspired smarter too though perhaps a little tired, but you have experience, love, money and social security that will take those kids years to accumulate and learn.