I got a prescription for reading glasses at my last eye exam. Anyone out there surprised? It's a symbol of descent into, I don't know, elderlyness. I also plunge my toes into the cushiest slippers around my house, because my feet hurt from plantar fasciitis most of the time. I don't like loud music anymore(except David Crowder, of course). Next thing you know, I'll start popping Geritol, because I'm already taking B complex for energy. How do I stave off the rushing flood of ailments I was so certain would never happen to me? I experimented with keeping the flavor of youth close to my tongue this morning.
On my very slow run at the start of the day, I determined to skip like a giddy five year old girl no matter who was around when an Irish song come across my ipod- just during the jig parts of the music. I haven't skipped in a long time. Have you? I decided not to look into the eyes of passerbys, so as not to heap their possible disapproval on my child-like experience. I let myself ponder how much I loved childhood and it's freedoms. Nothing like giving in and seizing the joy of movement if only for a fleeting moment. I really can still skip a bit even with a bum knee, and it made me happy as a long hot shower after a full day weeding an overgrown garden.
I wonder what other forgotten trick I can still do? What makes you content as you grow older? I'd like to know.
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The long, lean, limber limbs of my children!
I can relate. I have trifocals now, euphemistically called something else like "graduated" but that's not it.... See? The memory is going too.
I need to look up plantar fasciitis because maybe that's part of my problem--I can no longer go barefoot in the house as I love to do because, um, my feet hurt. Can't describe it well, but shoes or slippers are a must now. And I keep getting inexplicable Achilles tendinitis.
I did a cartwheel earlier this summer, just to see if I could, and I didn't injure myself. That was a trick!
Content? The true answer is the Lord, who knows the plans He has for me...
But the vain answer is--I am surprised and content that I still have no gray hair to speak of!
:)
Jeanne
Almost, so right.
Jeanne,
So you are right in there with me. Except for the gray hair- I went gray when I was 30. I tried to roll with it, but people starting asking me about my grandchildren (which were my own babies and toddlers- ahem). Now I am a fan of hair color.
sorry about your feet- there are stretches which help some. Doing releves' toes pointed toward the wall and while pushing on the wall is one.
Be sure to stretch your calf muscles really good. I found my plantar fasciitis (heel pain) is due to extremely tight calves!
I'm still struggling w/the idea of coloring....sounds like too much maintenance for me!
Auntie S
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