ruh roh

No actually, Hope.


How cool.

Heh heh.

Lovely, isn't it?

It is a bit shocking to realize how old we're all getting, well older. It will still be quite some time until we're actually "old" and some people stay young forever. When I was younger there were certain ages I looked forward to because I would be allowed to do more things then. My parents, like many of yours I presume, reserved certain privileges for when I accumulated a particular number of years on earth. I would wait for what felt like forever to turn 13, 14, 16, 18. Now what's left? 21? It just becomes numbers. But what is age really? The year you were born doesn't say anything about what kind of person you are, how much you've learned, what you've experienced. There are people at 15 more mature than people at 20. There are people at 20 who look younger than people at 15. And there are people even older who are more carefree than the other two. This inconsistency makes it more difficult to gauge what's appropriate. A mature person in one way may be completely lacking in another way. Is the point to pursue happiness or strive to become a better person? Why not both.

Happy very very early birthday to my dear friend Kathleen.