i am writing this on the next day. the day after spring. it is now winter again. the seasons are getting shorter and shorter these days. i’m wondering if that is a product of age and stage, as 20 says.
mostly, it convinces us that we need to have a sense of humor. about all things. even the weather.
we sit writing this – snow outside – windows closed – heat on (though not much because i am a curmudgeon about the heat). yesterday we sat writing – birds and sunshine outside – windows open – heat off. it is off again, on again. the tease of time.
tomorrow it is march. and suddenly, i am in the month of my 65th birthday. i am in the month of medicare. i am in the month of the supplement vs the advantage plan. i am in the month of part d. i am in the month of whoa!!
and i wonder – where did the time go? wasn’t it spring yesterday? wasn’t it summer and delicious fall? how is it that i glance in the mirror and an almost-65 stares back?
it truly is the tease of time. the seasons are getting shorter and shorter. and – more and more – my investment in them is getting bigger and bigger – each individual day in each individual week in each individual month in each individual year.
the next day is all well and good. but it’s today that matters right now.
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February 29, 2024 at 8:51 am
Some days, even weeks, I wish it would all fly by. Why? Because I am back being a pirate. This time it is the right eye. Eye specialists tell us it due to diabetes – even though I control my blood glucose very well. “Give it six to eight weeks” they tell me, and it will end just like last time. Bother. But just like your comment, treasure each day, because age catches us up to us. We pray you two are fine. Brenda will see a dermatologist about “that thing on the end of her nose” today. Tomorow a scan of her heart.
On another note, Brenda and I enjoy you guy’s writing very much, and look forward to them always!
-B & C
March 1, 2024 at 8:42 am
Dear B & C …. Ugh. Yes. So many worries. Hoping, hoping, hoping that your eye recovers quickly and that both Brenda’s dermatologist and cardiologist appointments go better than hoped for. Hugs to you both! ❤️
March 1, 2024 at 7:24 pm
A P.A. took a couple of biopsies of her nose, her MRI of the heart went well, Now the waiting game.
-Cris