BIRTHDAYS
January 25th, 2009I have recently celebrated the 32nd anniversary of my 39th birthday. Want to know how old I am? Figure it out for yourself!
It was a great day and a good time was had by all. Now I could stop here and the post would be complete. But if you’re a regular reader, you know I won’t stop. After all, the older I get the more “wisdom and experience” I have to share. By this age I have lots to share, yes? Or as is now popular…WAY? You are supposed to reply, NO WAY!
A minor digression here to explore the oddities of current popular language. Whatever happened to the word YES? It worked fine until a couple of years ago. Oh well, my inflexible old age is showing… can’t keep up with the times. Or, maybe I don’t want to keep up with the times.
Uh….you know…like uh…way….no way! As a friend said: “those words are just ’space fillers’ to let the brain catch up with the mouth. The way I see it, it would be better if the brain were ahead of the mouth. It sure would stop a lot of people from getting ‘foot in mouth’ disease.”

Well, getting back to the topic at hand…. BIRTHDAYS!…as you can see, I’m not only inflexible but also forgetful in my old age. Maybe I have CRS.. (can’t remember Sh-t) Then again, perhaps the fact that I’m still alive, kicking and screaming at this age is a very positive sign. After all, every birthday is now an achievement I am still seeing the green side of the grass, not the black, so I’m blessed.
Despite all my limitations, along with changes in expectations I find that life is still interesting. In many cases it is because the people around me are changing and growing. That is fine with me because their examples are causing me to grow. In other ways I find reasons and ways to grow. Not only that, but many of the things that are worrying other people don’t bother me. I’m past all that. “If we are still alive, have funds for our basic needs, and our minds still work, we have a future.” (Expectations)
So on to the end… the Birthday dinner with family and friends was excellent; the cards and congratulatory messages were pretty as well as amusing so it is time to say goodbye to this birthday and to look forward to my next one. As my son told me today, “I’ll live to be 90 and see my grands graduate from college.” From his mouth to your Book of Life, Lord.





