new definitions
In recent years, I've had to change my definition of old.
And then I remember my 82yo mother is
riding her bike to volunteer at the public library
playing pickleball three times a week
planting, maintaining, and clearing out her front and back yards each year
hiking 5+ miles at a time with the Great Old Broads for Wilderness
reading multiple library books at a time from the stack of 20 she LIMITS herself to
asking her grandchildren about their fascinating lives
bookkeeping for local psychologists
to name a few of the many things
Now I have to say, "When I'm old..." and realize it will be when I'm 104. If not beyond that.
Maybe if I keep being willing to change my definitions, I'll make it to where she is.
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