This is definitely a post for Mulberry days (a bittersweet time of life), a post that is even difficult to put into words. But I do wonder how many others who are in this same boat honestly think, "Who is that old lady looking back at me in the mirror?"
I mean, I know it's me... but it doesn't look like me... not the me I remember. And I don't see my mother's face in mine, nor my dad's. I never knew my grandmothers. Guess I could look like one of them at this age (I'll have to check that out). We don't have many photos, but there are a few around. It does still feels like me inside, and it's not like I mind the physical change, just wonder how and when it happened.
My 70th birthday is coming up. This too astounds me... and may be (what's the right word?) the instigator of all this. I guess birthdays never really affected me much until this one. Again...not that I mind. I'm certainly glad to have the opportunity to celebrate it. But still...70! Wow! (You see a lot of 70's in the obits)
I do see my mother's face in the mirror and I always am surprised and wonder how she got there.
ReplyDeleteI think I would like to see someone I recognized... maybe I look like my dad or my dad's family?
DeleteI no longer recognize the person in the mirror either, and I'm just past my 56th birthday. I always thought I looked like my mom but I don't see it, and certainly I don't look like my dad...that would be my younger brother.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be celebrating my older brother's 65th birthday in June and he certainly doesn't seem old. My Dad was 98 when he passed away...now that is old! Hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Thanks, Eileen. I certainly don't "feel" old (except that I do like to take naps!). So I guess it's just that even at 70, I don't feel any different, but then I look in the mirror - and think, oh wow, I am old.
Delete70 is not old hereabouts. We have 90 year olds who enjoy life.
ReplyDeleteHave a great birthday when it comes and just think of the alternative.
Friko, I'm not complaining... really. My sister died at 51 and my brother at 59. I'm very lucky to reach 70 and be in good health. It just surprises me - that's all.
DeleteI'm with you on this post. I'm 70 next Birthday and Tom's 76. It's the tiredness that gets to me, I just do not have the energy that I used to have and it makes me mad. We both have a nap every afternoon and can't do without it. But still, we are lucky to still be in reasonably good health and as long as I can sew etc I shall be okay.
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Briony, "naps" are one of my favorite things about retirement!
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