A friend of mine asked me if she looked old during Thanksgiving. I honestly replied no and told her she didn’t look old, but she did look older.
I could see that she was confused and pissed off before I could explain myself.
Getting older is a part of life. We didn’t realize in 1982 or 2002 how quickly 2022 would arrive.
Did you get old since the Reagan years or have you gotten older as we moved into a new millennium? Maybe the wording is a disguise or a placebo to make you feel better?
Old or Older?
Trees get old and they look more magnificent with every spring that brings them green growth. The new ring underneath the bark adds more strength to the tree. The new ring of life that shows a trees age also helps it grow taller and brings more branches.
Each spring the growth of leaves, flowers, fruit, nuts and acorns make the tree new again and each autumn the tree lets all that beauty explode into winter slumber.
Yesterday I was told that I was dumb because I’m old. Forty five years ago if I said that to my dad I would have been slapped into the next week. I thought what Hazel said in 1977, but I kept my mouth shut.
I don’t know what some geometric deal on Roblox means or who Tyler Swift is or what songs she sings, but I’ve learned things with every ring I’ve grown under my bark. I might be stupid to my nine year old, but I’m older and wiser to me.
Don’t get old and wither off and die. Get older and grow branches and turn green in the spring.
I don’t know any lady Gaga, but I can sing and dance to Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation.” I don’t know how to build cities on Mindcraft, but I can name the 1977 Chicago Bears starters.
Get old and nobody will throw you Mardi Gras beads! Get older and fling Mardi Gras beads into the crowd.
This weekend all of us old mother fuckers born in the 1900’s are adding another ring to our trunks. Look at that ring as a badge of courage, of honor and of strength.
Leave the regret and agony of 2022 out before Saturday night. Kick it to the curb. Let the garbage truck haul it off. Just remember garbage pick up is on Friday, not Thursday this week….
