Middle-age?

December 11th was a Sunday like any other day except it happened to be my birthday. My 45th birthday at that. Now I am middle-aged, at least by the world’s standards – maybe I’ve been that for years. Strange, I don’t feel middle-aged.

- attitude -

Maybe because it is not an age but an attitude and I am not quite ready to settle for that. Maybe no one is ever ready for it. The years do seem to go by so quickly – maybe that’s just a metaphysical thing. If things go fast enough you don’t age inside, like in space?

But I am looking forward to the years still to come with my family and those I love. And maybe someday I will be ready for middle-age.
Shirley

- In her prime -