If I were Older I would...

Most people look back to their youth when they are older, and most of us look forward when we are young. I am just about in the middle and am therefore looking in both directions.

It appears as if most of us are looking forward to a life that is filled with leisure and quiet. It would be nice for us to grow old in good health with family and friends all around. I am sure that it will happen to me in just that manner. I will be wealthy and wise, and will be loved by all, waiting for the multitudes of my offspring to come and visit and leave before any of them start to get on my nerves.

I was having a little trouble reading a book not to long ago and went to the optometrist for my first eye exam. The doctor told me that I would start having that kind of problem now that I was in my forties. Great, I thought! Well, after the glaucoma examination and after having my eyes dilated, they led me by the hand to go and pick out some frames for the new lenses I could use for reading.

I would think that it would be a good idea in the future to pick out the frames ahead of time (before having my eyes dilated). I was doing the best I could not falling on my face and they wanted me to pick out frames. When I left the mall with my new glassed in tow, little did I know that the first time that I put them on; my wife would say that I reminded her of Buddy Holly. I would have gotten some new frames after that but I just couldn’t see throwing away my new frames that just cost me a cool $300.00. I told her that those types of frames were just now coming back in style... I was on the cutting edge!

My Grandmother told me not long ago that I was just being a crybaby, and I should just wait until I get to be about eighty to complain about my aches and pains. She was right. I hope that I can take good care of myself, and make sure that my children take good care of themselves so they can be eighty and talking to their adult grandchildren.

I keep feeling the age fairy nipping at my heels. I do look forward to getting older but I am more than aware every day that I cannot keep treating my body like I am twenty years old. It’s just little things that irritate me. Like hurting my knee when I strain too much or waking up and having my joints pop and creak. Has anyone seen the Tylenol?...


Shannon R Killman