Happy Birthday Mom

Today is my mother's birthday.  She is 83 years old.  That is amazing to me because it may sound like a lot of years, but when you see her and people her age, it doesn't seem like it. 

I am hosting a birthday luncheon for her today.  She is very excited about it.  She told me this morning that she used to dread her birthdays, but now she is excited about them.

I found this statement interesting.  As we age we change how we perceive things.  Take driving for example.  I used to be in a lot more hurry than I am now.  If I have to be somewhere at a specific time, I try to allow myself enough time to get there.  If I am running late, it just doesn't bother me as much.  When I am running errands, I don't care about all the other people who want to pass me.  Sometimes I pull over to let them by. 

Another thing, I forget things more often now.  This isn't a big deal because it's short term memory loss I have.  I have lived long enough to have a lot in my memory files.  I don't need to add a lot of unnessary and useless things in my mind.  I'll save what space I have left for more important things like my husband's name, my name, today's date, you know what I mean!

Hopefully, with the grace of God, I, too will live to see 83 and hopefully I'll be as bright and spry as my mother.

Happy Birthday Mom.  I Love You.