The Aging Thing

I’ve reached that stage of life where a host of changes in my person and attitudes are becoming apparent. Here is a list of a few of those:

• My belly has struck out on a path of its own.
• My name recall app is often in failure mode.
• I get urges to kick the kids off the grass, but I don’t really have grass, and, actually, there aren’t any kids around.
• Tying my shoes qualifies as exercise.
• I’ve gone far beyond the point of ever learning to appreciate opera.
• Every day is a hearing test.
• I actually want to organize my garage.
• My body no longer rids itself of aches and pains. It recycles them.
• I’m finding beauty in smaller things—like the slow stretch of morning light across our valley floor.

—Mitchell Hegman