Reflections

You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing of years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. And yet, in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all ..... And I have glimpses of how it was back then, and of all my hopes and dreams..... But, here it is .....the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise....

How did I get here so fast?

Where did the years go and where did my babies go?

And, where did my youth go?

I remember well......

Seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

But, here it is.....

Wife is really getting gray.....

She moves slower and I see an older woman now.

Not the one I married who was young and vibrant...

But, like me, her age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd be.

And so, now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of stren... [More]

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