Comments on: Time Ticking and Slipping (Away) http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/ A daily picture of my life in a thousand words . . . more or less. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: deb http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8401 deb Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:45:33 +0000 http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/#comment-8401 Hey! If you're thinking you're looking like a grandma, huh?, what about me??? I'm a lot older than you, hon. Nonetheless, we just got started a little late, that's all. So what if I'm 52 and my youngest is 8? ::sigh:: I'm happy and proud and having fun (just more slowly than I used to!). :-) Hey! If you’re thinking you’re looking like a grandma, huh?, what about me??? I’m a lot older than you, hon. Nonetheless, we just got started a little late, that’s all.

So what if I’m 52 and my youngest is 8? ::sigh::

I’m happy and proud and having fun (just more slowly than I used to!).

:-)

]]> By: cathy http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8400 cathy Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:16:43 +0000 http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/#comment-8400 when i was 36 we went to houston for thanksgiving. my college roommate and i ran away to the galleria, leaving the the kids with the husbands. as we walked up some stairs i glanced down at my hand. kathy found me sitting on the step staring, heart broken, at said hand. she asked what was wrong and i wailed, "oh dear lord, look! my mothers old hand is hanging out of my jacket sleeve!" she laughed hysterically for about five minutes. and nineteen years later it is still one of her favorite stories. when i was 36 we went to houston for thanksgiving. my college roommate and i ran away to the galleria, leaving the the kids with the husbands. as we walked up some stairs i glanced down at my hand. kathy found me sitting on the step staring, heart broken, at said hand. she asked what was wrong and i wailed, “oh dear lord, look! my mothers old hand is hanging out of my jacket sleeve!” she laughed hysterically for about five minutes. and nineteen years later it is still one of her favorite stories.

]]> By: Anvilcloud http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8399 Anvilcloud Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:13:18 +0000 http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/#comment-8399 My math says that she turns 4 on Saturday. That's a very fine day for a birthday. My math says that she turns 4 on Saturday. That’s a very fine day for a birthday.

]]> By: Shalee http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8398 Shalee Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:04:36 +0000 http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/#comment-8398 You're not getting OLDER. You're getting more mature! Yeah, it didn't work for me either. You’re not getting OLDER. You’re getting more mature!

Yeah, it didn’t work for me either.

]]> By: Diane http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8397 Diane Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:31:11 +0000 http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/#comment-8397 At my house, we call age-spots...beauty spots! At my house, we call naps...blessed! At my house, we call loss of memory....downloading (making room for the overload of data each day holds)! At my house, we don't speak of old hands....we speak of caring hands! Now....I must tell you--I live alone in my house.....it's a pretend house that holds all the hoped-for positive thoughts about aging! In the real world...I ache, I complain, I stumble, and I find it hard to see! BUT! it is...what it is! However, that's not to say I haven't tried every age-spot cream on the market! Over the doorpost of my imaginary house...are the words of a profound sailor....."I AM! What I AM!" Going to take a nap now--in MY house! Diane At my house, we call age-spots…beauty spots! At my house, we call naps…blessed! At my house, we call loss of memory….downloading (making room for the overload of data each day holds)! At my house, we don’t speak of old hands….we speak of caring hands!

Now….I must tell you–I live alone in my house…..it’s a pretend house that holds all the hoped-for positive thoughts about aging! In the real world…I ache, I complain, I stumble, and I find it hard to see! BUT! it is…what it is! However, that’s not to say I haven’t tried every age-spot cream on the market!

Over the doorpost of my imaginary house…are the words of a profound sailor…..”I AM! What I AM!”

Going to take a nap now–in MY house!

Diane

]]> By: owlhaven http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8396 owlhaven Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:25:08 +0000 http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2006/08/28/time-ticking-and-slipping-away/#comment-8396 Last summer I held my hand next to the hand of my 12-years-younger sister and was appalled at how much difference 12 years makes...I'm not enjoying the aging thing--trying not to dwell on it.... Mary Last summer I held my hand next to the hand of my 12-years-younger sister and was appalled at how much difference 12 years makes…I’m not enjoying the aging thing–trying not to dwell on it….

Mary

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