You Know You're Getting Older

There are many signs I have grown older…that make me wonder…how in the blink of an eye… All the time I've been alive…all the years that have slipped by. When I look into a mirror…sometimes…I feel chagrin… What hair I have left has turned to gray…and there are wrinkles on my skin. Sometimes my body aches…from my head down to my toes… Are my ears supposed to be this big? And don't get me started on my nose! But I don't need a mirror to see how quickly time has flown. All I have to do is look at my children…and grandchildren and see how much they've grown. As I see the men and women they've become… and are becoming Across my face a smile spreads… That smooths out every wrinkle and softens every gray hair on my head. A smile that extends out to my ears…and changes the shape of my nose… that soothes any ache I might be feeling…from my head down to my toes. I know I'm growing older…of this I have no doubt…. but growing older has never been something I worry too much about…. Because, no matter how many years have passed…. No matter how many swings the pendulum of time has swung…. My children and my grandchildren have always found a way to make me feel young.