January 29, 2020

AGE

As I write this, I'm sitting here at CVS waiting to get a flu shot. The pharmacist told me that if I wait until 2/10, I can get the super flu shot they give people starting at 65. But, I'll be having surgery to fix my hernia repair on my birthday! And I want to be protected before that.

Sometimes, your age bothers you more than others. When I see my high school friends on social media, I realize it's true: we ARE old! But to those for whom 65 seems eons away: it comes along faster than you can imagine, and you will still feel young inside even as your face and body age. You won't be a different person, even if you look entirely different! 

Our February topic is "resilience"... and aging is just one of many things we need to bend and reimagine ourselves for. Parenting, grief, adversity, and illness are a few others.  And it's one of the best reasons for belonging to a faith community.  We can be so much more together than we can separately! We can influence the present and the future. We can learn from and be inspired and challenged by one another. Best of all, we can companion each other as we walk the long journey of life. What a privilege we have in each other!

Thanks for allowing me to companion you on this journey. 

Love, Cynthia