Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Old Age Day by Day July 31, 2012

Gee.  The last day of July.  This summer is getting away from me.  I'm going to a baseball game tonight with my husband and our friends.  Got to grab that summer glow while we can.  I've been thinking of my hike at the lake, a very strenuous hike, which I believed I wouldn't attempt until the last minute.  Without the help of my son, daughter's boyfriend and friend, three strong men, it wouldn't have been possible.  I know my limits pretty well.  I was able to do it solely because I could accept the help I needed.  A change.  A getting older change.  I prefer to be stalwart and stoic, but that is no longer an option some of the time.  Appreciating other people's generousity is a necessity to me now.

More needing, asking for and getting help is in my future, and I'm adjusting, slowly.  There are role reversals coming.  It's a part of life.  I'm lucky to be alive, and I know that.

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