Two birthdays in the family today
Two members of our family have birthdays today: Lucas is 8 and Peter is 78 – which has a certain symmetry.
Now, I’m guessing, dear reader, that you’re aged somewhere between 8 and 78, so I have two questions for you: do you remember what it was like to be 8 and can you imagine what it will be like to be 78?
That’s the thing about life: it’s one thing after another – but it’s better than the alternative.
May 30th, 2016 at 5:57 pm
Maybe……
May 31st, 2016 at 8:47 am
Of course, if you believe in Heaven ….
June 2nd, 2016 at 3:43 am
Birthday wishes to the family.
I’m sure at the time being 8 seemed to go forever, funny how now I can remember so little. I was in Grade 4, in Miss Bell’s class. I think that was the age I really started enjoying reading. Classics like Heidi, Ballet Shoes, A Little Princess…
What about you Roger?
June 2nd, 2016 at 9:16 am
Eight was not a good time of my life. It was when my mother and father split up. For the rest of my childhood, I was the oldest of three kids brought up by a single mother – tough emotionally and economically.
June 3rd, 2016 at 8:41 am
Oh that is sad.