My husband and I were half-watching football tonight. Then the gray-bearded face of Bret Farve appeared on the screen and I said, “Look at that gray in his beard!”
And my husband shrugged and said, “He’s old. He’s your age.”
Well.
Okay then.
(Forty-four, almost forty-five and I promise you I do not look a day over sixty-two.)
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Wait ’til you get offered your first Senior Discount when you haven’t yet reached the age for it. Well, for me that’s been going on a long, long time, since I was 35 because of my silvery-white hair. I was so insulted back then. Now, with my 56th birthday today, I say ‘Bring it ON!’ I saved $7 from Senior Discounts last Tuesday at Fred Meyer on my Christmas gifts. There ARE some advantages to growing old, ha!
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and did you wait till he was asleep to kick him or did you do it on the spot?
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Idont either…I am 63…ha ha….!!!!
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Oh, Mel. Don’t feel old until there is gray in your beard.
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All you young things who worry about being old – ha! Just remember, if you didn’t age, there would be something seriously wrong with you – we are on a journey, remember – so we must keep rolling along.
Besides, when we get old enough, we are proud of our age. The secret, I think, is to keep living while we are alive! Think about that…
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My poor brother went gray early, he’s nearly glowing white all over now (he’s 50) where he’s not bald. I was also going to make a smart-alec comment about you not having a single gray hair in your beard, but Judy beat me to it.
Mel, while I haven’t seen you in person in a few years, I promise the pics I’ve seen are fantabulous, and I wouldn’t peg you as over 40.
I really really promise.
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I had my first grandchild when I was 44 and I didn’t feel old then, nor do I now, 10 grandchildren later!
~K!
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