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2009 Almanac
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Old Age, I have decided is a gift. If this comes as a surprise to you, let me explain. I am now, for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes and the other sagging parts. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror, but I don't agonize over those things. I would never trade my friends or my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly.
As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself. I've become my own friend. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 a.m. and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the past, and if I wish to weep over a lost love. . . I will. If I so desire I will walk on a beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and despite the pitying glances of some, I know that they, too, will get old someday.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
As you get older, you care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong. So, to answer the question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worry about what will be.
And so to those who have come to know me through this Almanac, may
our
friendship never come apart especially when it's straight from the
heart!
May you always have a rainbow of smiles on your face and in your heart
forever and ever!
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Notable Days
July, 2009
July 3.................Dog Days Begin
July 4.............Independence Day
July 15.............St. Swithin's Day
July 30.......................Fast of AV
