Monday, October 27, 2008

Final Countdown

Okay, I'm at the final countdown...to old age! :( I just don't know how this is happening. Where has the time gone? I remember when I turned 30 I was very sad because my child bearing days were over...but then, one day we discovered they weren't over yet after all! I was going to have another baby! Then when I turned 50, I remember the disbelief I felt. 50 was always way up ahead... I would never quite reach it...until one morning, I woke up...and I was 50! Now, one day this week I'm going to wake up and have crossed over to...old age! I just can't believe it...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven; a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I appreciated your comments on growing old -- but also noted that you just couldn't bring youself to use that frightful number -- so I'll do it for you. In case you didn't know it folks, dear Anita will be 70 this coming Friday. Happy birthday, sister. bro

Anonymous said...

Its amazing how fast time goes by. I think its goes by faster once we get into the real world (at least that's the way I feel). If it makes you feel better you don't seem old to me. :) You are more active than my grandparents are.