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Sunday afternoon I had a "first". I went to a baby shower for the grown daughter of my friend, Kathy. Let me emphasize, the honored shower-ee was the grown daughter of a friend.
I sat in a chair in their beautiful front yard, clutching my plate of snacks, looking around. I realized that I, complete with my reading glasses perched as a headband in my hair, was an, "older woman".
Wow. When did that happen?
Wow. I wish I felt wise.
Wow. How cool.
Wow, I'm still daily engaged in the latest sippy-cup technologies shifts as I still have a 2 year old to raise. I never expected to be older with a toddler.
My friend's daughter is going to be an excellent mom. I've rarely met a woman who enjoys life more or is so exceedingly thankful and happy. Her baby will be surrounded by smiles.
I have no deep insights about aging. Even though I've been doing it for a while, I only just noticed. It's all new territory. I'm just along for the ride... So far, excluding gravity's pernicious work, it's pretty exciting.
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I do have enough wisdom to know that when I finally need to throw showers for my own children, I'll be calling my friend Kathy and asking her to help me with ideas.
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I bet that did feel odd. I feel young in my head, but I am not. My daughter's teacher this year is 23 and she makes me feel old(er). Just the way she talks to me. It is weird.
Um, I beg to differ on the amount of wisdom you claim to have.
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