Seriously — when did it happen?
I don’t feel old, certainly. Heck — I don’t actually think that I am old.
But, things seem to be happening every so often that make me scratch my head and think, “Huh. I guess I am getting older.”
My reasoning?
Not one, but several of the kids that I used to babysit are now either married or have finished graduate school. Or both!
I have been waited on by many familiar faces in stores and restaurants. I stop to think, “How do I know that kid?” (Yeah — I call them kids.) Then I realize that they were one of my former students.
I have two nephews in college. I remember changing their diapers!
Just this week, while watching the news, they talked about going into one of the local high schools to register some of the students who will be 18 by Election Day. He spoke eloquently about exciting it was to be able to be involved in such a historic election. He, too, was one of my students when he was in elementary school.
And, a last favorite of mine — I was playing with a vintage Fisher Price toy with one of the kids that I see for Early Intervention therapy. His Mom talked about what a cute toy it was and wondered how old it was. I flipped it over and read that it was made in 1983. She remarked, “Wow — it’s older than me!”
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