Hello friends ...
It's been a while since I've posted anything on here. Everyone doing well?
A list:
1. Brother S's wife gives birth. Puncture wound from epidural causes spinal fluid to leak. Brother S's wife now suffers unbelievable headaches. In fact, the headaches are so bad that they are actually considering moving to a different region of the country with a climate (weather pattern) that is more conducive to getting her 100% mobile.
2. My illness flairs up, severe enough to cause me to leave my job and come home. Takes 9 to 12 months to fully get back on my feet (I'm about 95% normal at present).
3. Sister's child is born with kidney issues. She is told that he will likely grow out of them.
4. Brother R looses job. This is a company that he owned back before his partners foolishly decided to take the company public through an IPO. Twenty-severn years in one company and suddenly it's "No room at the inn." He is struggling to find something in this economy.
5. Father, aged 79, looses his job. After working as many as three jobs at a time over the years (just to afford to put us all through private schools and whatnot), he was still working 40 hours per week.
6. Father suffers heart attack. We are told that he needs 6 to 7 bypasses. They are able to do 4. He is currently recovering.
7. Sister's child does not outgrow kidney issues. Needs corrective surgery in March.
This is neither anything close to a complete list nor is it an attempt to gather pity. The point of this post is this. I honestly think that we have entered that stage of life where youth has eluded us and we are now faced with more impending funerals than we are faced with weddings. It's an interesting stage of life. I had assumed that I would dread this day, but what I have found is that I am more at ease living in my own skin now than I ever was as a twenty-something. I like being 35. And while I miss certain things about my twenties, I find that I am actually a far more interesting person now than I was back then. I am not young. But age, hopefully wisdom, and experience have given me a richness of life that I never had before.
What do you think? Do you like being in your 30s? Do you miss youth? Do you totally disagree with this post and think that you still are young? Just curious ...
It's been a while since I've posted anything on here. Everyone doing well?
A list:
1. Brother S's wife gives birth. Puncture wound from epidural causes spinal fluid to leak. Brother S's wife now suffers unbelievable headaches. In fact, the headaches are so bad that they are actually considering moving to a different region of the country with a climate (weather pattern) that is more conducive to getting her 100% mobile.
2. My illness flairs up, severe enough to cause me to leave my job and come home. Takes 9 to 12 months to fully get back on my feet (I'm about 95% normal at present).
3. Sister's child is born with kidney issues. She is told that he will likely grow out of them.
4. Brother R looses job. This is a company that he owned back before his partners foolishly decided to take the company public through an IPO. Twenty-severn years in one company and suddenly it's "No room at the inn." He is struggling to find something in this economy.
5. Father, aged 79, looses his job. After working as many as three jobs at a time over the years (just to afford to put us all through private schools and whatnot), he was still working 40 hours per week.
6. Father suffers heart attack. We are told that he needs 6 to 7 bypasses. They are able to do 4. He is currently recovering.
7. Sister's child does not outgrow kidney issues. Needs corrective surgery in March.
This is neither anything close to a complete list nor is it an attempt to gather pity. The point of this post is this. I honestly think that we have entered that stage of life where youth has eluded us and we are now faced with more impending funerals than we are faced with weddings. It's an interesting stage of life. I had assumed that I would dread this day, but what I have found is that I am more at ease living in my own skin now than I ever was as a twenty-something. I like being 35. And while I miss certain things about my twenties, I find that I am actually a far more interesting person now than I was back then. I am not young. But age, hopefully wisdom, and experience have given me a richness of life that I never had before.
What do you think? Do you like being in your 30s? Do you miss youth? Do you totally disagree with this post and think that you still are young? Just curious ...
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