Well, what do you suppose
happened today? Let’s see: Again, up we
were (I was?), around
Initially, though, that “up”
is just a supposition. “Awake” would be more
like it, which often is the case (you do remember where we are and what we are
doing in Blogger, right?), and awake in bed, in this case, would be entirely
accurate. Never happen to you? Well, perhaps it may be an age thing. I wonder about Queen Elizabeth. The TV is saying she is celebrating her 95th! Well, how about that? In just a very few years (under twenty), I
might be able to understand what it feels like to be able to say that myself if,
of course, that is in the cards for me.
Which, if I consider my own personal family tree information, I would
have to say the odds are definitely against.
As a matter of fact, I’d have to say my present seventy-six in that
category is pretty good one for we “Geddi!”
No problem today, though! I wonder how long I may be able to say that
and, I expect if you are anywhere near the same number as am I (and if you
might enjoy that trombonish theme song from the movie, “Sound of Music”, from
whence it came) or if you are just a bit over that number, I again suspect you
may be able to say the same thing. Age
is one thing that is a pretty personal thing.
Follow my lead here if you don’t believe me—after you read that
newspaper headline and follow up on a few articles, turn a page or three to get
to those “obits.” In addition to seeing
pretty quickly if any friends happen to have left without giving you the
required notice, you will see the range varies pretty extensively. Some older, some younger, some considerably
on either side, depending on where your personal profile might be taking
you.
Watching that TV again might
tell you there are quite a few personalities who are just a bit younger than
you. I know this will be the case if you
are anywhere near my personal time frame, and if not, congratulations either on
your relative youth or longevity. In any
case, I hope, you may consider yourself to be blessed just a bit regardless of
whichever side of this spectrum you may find yourself on.
Age—it is what it is. We all need to learn to enjoy it, whatever
ours may be. And, as for the Queen,
well, at 95, she is doing fine, wouldn’t you say?
God save the Queen!
ReplyDeleteConsidering the fact of her husband's death earlier in the month of April, I'm pretty sure Queen Elizabeth's 95th was not celebrated as it might have been. Still, for all who are just a bit British (Quite a few of us Americans, I suspect) the 95th birthday of this Queen is something to be celebrated! As all Brits might say, "God save the Queen!"
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