At your age, Elly, you could conceivably live the same number of years. Not so at my age. I have more behind than before but that’s ok. I know where I’m going when I die.
One of life’s rude awakenings. Pray we all live long enough to experience the feeling, far too many are gone before they have that chance. Growing older ain’t so bad when you consider the alternative…
“My old pirate buddies are disappearing like members of an endangered species, and as they go, our names move one more notch up the list.” -Jimmy Buffett
Connie must have great eyesight. I couldn’t see the end coming when I was 40. There were still too many years to go (fortunately) for me to say that I could see the end. Now, I would have to be in denial to say the end isn’t getting fairly close.
And regarding ages of family members at birth, one of my best buddies in high school has a grandmother who is only 33 years older than him. She had his mother at 17 and his mother was 16 when he was born.
I can remember at 30, I’d think I’ll be 48 in the year 2000 and thought that was a long time away and that 48 was old. Suddenly, I’m 70… and nothing is far away, if you get my drift.
I think it’s more of a rollercoaster ride: when you’re young it seems like forever before years pass to become old enough to do things that you want as an adult and you reach a point where times speeds up and you wonder where the time has gone!
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
yeah, Connie, the horizon looks spectacular.
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older.
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
MichaelAxelFleming over 1 year ago
On the great conveyor belt of life, I am one of Lucy’s chocolate candies.
AllishaDawn over 1 year ago
I was 2 years old when my mom was the age I am now.
howtheduck over 1 year ago
This is what happens when you live too close to the local factory and can see the conveyor belt from your dining room.
Macushlalondra over 1 year ago
At your age, Elly, you could conceivably live the same number of years. Not so at my age. I have more behind than before but that’s ok. I know where I’m going when I die.
djtenltd over 1 year ago
Somehow, I don’t think that was quite the response Elly had in mind.
Chris over 1 year ago
how encouraging… sobs. :{
Dani Rice over 1 year ago
It was a real shock for me to realize that when the talk about “the elderly” they mean ME!
Prey over 1 year ago
I dont need to shade my eyes to see the end, I just look about 10 – 20 feet ahead.
GirlGeek Premium Member over 1 year ago
Me at 32 was my Mom’s age when I was 10.
More Coffee Please! Premium Member over 1 year ago
One of life’s rude awakenings. Pray we all live long enough to experience the feeling, far too many are gone before they have that chance. Growing older ain’t so bad when you consider the alternative…
jruckman over 1 year ago
“My old pirate buddies are disappearing like members of an endangered species, and as they go, our names move one more notch up the list.” -Jimmy Buffett
ajr58(1) over 1 year ago
When my Dad was my age he’d been dead for six years (apologies to Tom Lehrer).
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 1 year ago
That will be one time that you will not hear… YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION!
g04922 over 1 year ago
The Great Conveyor of Life…. nice analogy.
GregBehrens over 1 year ago
There will never again be more people older than you alive than right now.
Daltongang Premium Member over 1 year ago
Which Connie, is why life isn’t about the length, but what you do with it while you are alive.
mindjob over 1 year ago
I got off the conveyor belt and took the stairs
micromos over 1 year ago
I’m old enough now that I can see my parents at this age. I like to see what They were like before I was born.
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
Life is like a roll of toilet paper: the closer you are to the end, the faster you go through what you have left.
ladykat over 1 year ago
I just keep getting older and older; it can’t be changed.
paranormal over 1 year ago
Just face it with dignity, Honey!!!
Jelliqal over 1 year ago
I am older now than my Grandmother was when I was born. Like to be a Grandmother some day, but glad son not in a rush as well.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Just so the conveyor belt doesn’t lead into a furnace.
sbwertz over 1 year ago
At 80 it isn’t even all that far away…..
donwestonmysteries over 1 year ago
Don’t Look! Denial is alive and well.
smadanek over 1 year ago
Appropriate…today is my 79th birthday…
[Unnamed Reader - 83d506] over 1 year ago
Oddly, it’s thing we learn intellectually quite young. But that knowledge is nothing compared to entering the reality of the experience.
TexTech over 1 year ago
Connie must have great eyesight. I couldn’t see the end coming when I was 40. There were still too many years to go (fortunately) for me to say that I could see the end. Now, I would have to be in denial to say the end isn’t getting fairly close.
And regarding ages of family members at birth, one of my best buddies in high school has a grandmother who is only 33 years older than him. She had his mother at 17 and his mother was 16 when he was born.
Foob over 1 year ago
Is it just me, or is Elly’s nose getting bigger? If so, that can only mean one thing: she’s going to be putting men on pause!
klingon131 over 1 year ago
I can remember at 30, I’d think I’ll be 48 in the year 2000 and thought that was a long time away and that 48 was old. Suddenly, I’m 70… and nothing is far away, if you get my drift.
BlitzMcD over 1 year ago
As the Chenille Sisters once astutely observed, “Help! I’m turning into my parents”.
Stat_man99 over 1 year ago
Truer words were never said…
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago
I think it’s more of a rollercoaster ride: when you’re young it seems like forever before years pass to become old enough to do things that you want as an adult and you reach a point where times speeds up and you wonder where the time has gone!
kathleenhicks62 over 1 year ago
Wait until you are 75!
mary10331 over 1 year ago
Just wait until her children turn 45; then she will feel old.
Palani56 over 1 year ago
My mom is 97 1/2 as she likes to say now..sharp as a tack , but body is worn out and basically bed bound. But does not miss a thing…lol