“Time flies never to be recalled.” - Virgil
In just a few hours, I will enter the last year of my 50s. I don't so much mind the number. I'm not upset about being almost 60 but I have to admit I am surprised by it. And yes, I know that sounds crazy. I know that 59 comes after 58, but I'm having trouble believing that it is here already. I could swear it was only a month or so ago that I blogged about turning 58.
When I was little my parents told me that time moved faster as we grew older. It was a concept that made no sense to me. Those were the days when summer holidays seemed to last forever. When I counted birthdays in quarter years, always wanting to be a little older, a little faster. I was seven and a quarter or nine and a half. I counted the seemingly endless days of the year I was seventeen until I could vote and drink legally. I thoroughly enjoyed my twenties but they didn't fly by. In reflection, I didn't notice the shift in time until I became a mother. Jacob grew so fast I often wished time would slow down just a little so I could keep him small for a while longer. But of course time did not cooperate.
So here I am, on the eve of my 59th birthday feeling surprised. One more to the big 6 Oh. At the rate time is moving that may be next week.
When I was little my parents told me that time moved faster as we grew older. It was a concept that made no sense to me. Those were the days when summer holidays seemed to last forever. When I counted birthdays in quarter years, always wanting to be a little older, a little faster. I was seven and a quarter or nine and a half. I counted the seemingly endless days of the year I was seventeen until I could vote and drink legally. I thoroughly enjoyed my twenties but they didn't fly by. In reflection, I didn't notice the shift in time until I became a mother. Jacob grew so fast I often wished time would slow down just a little so I could keep him small for a while longer. But of course time did not cooperate.
So here I am, on the eve of my 59th birthday feeling surprised. One more to the big 6 Oh. At the rate time is moving that may be next week.
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