When We All Are Growing Older

Everyone deals with their own aging in their own way. Whining is an option of course or railing against time works. Denial is often the choice of many; though resignation runs a close second. Then when we realize that our peers are also dealing with the age and running out of time syndrome; we become even more aware of the hour glass of life. For our perception of others is always based on where they fit in the timeline of our life. If they made the biggest impact when we were children we perceive them always the way they were then. No that's not quite what I mean; I am not sure how to express this thought at all. Maybe an example would help. My nieces for example; I always think of them as the kids, the girls, though they are grown women. I turned 50 last year and boy did it make me feel older. This year my younger sister and two of my nieces turn 50 and it hardly seems possible. Age seems to only relate to myself in my mind. These thoughts are not flowing out correctly and it is making me very frustrated. The bottom line is no matter how old you get, the people you perceived as the "kids" will always be the kids even if they are getting older. Weird huh?