Monday, August 27, 2007
I'M A WHAT???
"You're a senior."
"Can't be."
"You are, get used to it."
And that's how I found out I was eligible to play in the Men's Club Senior Championship at Tallwood Country Club.*
A casual conversation with a playing partner, who asked if I entered the tournament.
It took me a few days to come to terms with being a senior.
I kept telling myself I don't look like a senior, and I don't feel like a senior.
But then I wondered what a senior looks and feels like.
All this, as I was engaged in a worthwhile give-and-take of emails with a viewer who didn't particularly care for the on-air banter after last week's story on the sex lives of, yes, seniors.
I know, I know, "age is just a number," and "you're only as old as you feel."
But when you reach a certain age, you start to wonder about things...some morbid, mostly not.
Two observations I live by come from my mother (who is not full of advice, and lets her 3 little boys lead their lives as we see fit).
Ten years after my father died, she says her only regret is that "we didn't do more." (And they did quite a lot.)
And she's amazed "at how quickly time goes by."
So with my wife and with my friends, I do try to do more (which isn't hard in the least).
And I, too, marvel at how quickly time has gone by. (I was 25 YESTERDAY!!!)
Days can seem like hours now, and seasons pass like days. (Where DID summer go?)
I'm willing to call my mother a senior, but I can't call her elderly. When I see or talk to this soon-to-be 78-year-old woman, I don't feel as if I'm talking to an "old person."
As a matter of fact, I try not to use the world "elderly" in my news writing, because I think that's a pre-judgment without knowing the person.
So I'm a "senior." Get used to it. I have.
I think.
[*OK, OK, stop guessing. I'm 55. And I finished second.]
Posted at 11:56 AM by Gerry
2 Comments:
Pray tell, what will be the next installment on the Gerry joins AARP tour? Hair piece, seniors tour, can the prostate be far behind?
I have been a tad preoccupied with age lately, haven't I?
It will pass.
Prostate fine, thanks.
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