- Feb 11, 2018
- 43
- 29
- 58
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Faith
- Lutheran
- Marital Status
- Divorced
I once marvelled at the fact my brother and sister were turning 50 and I was in my mid 30s. i wondered what i would be like when I was that old. Now i know. At 52 I now see signs of aging in my body, especially my mouth. My roots in my teeth are dying at a constant rate and so are my crowns and so I no longer have zero dental bills each year. Lately it's been a root canal one year and crown the next. Now I'm also into having root canal redos as I've had one of those already also. Thankfully everything else has been ok but...
So a week or two ago I noticed a pain in my hip. My sciatic nerve was acting up. Why? dunno. But I began to hobble around like, well, someone much older using a walker. I've gone through some mutations with my shoes and orthotics and made some progress. But sheez....
Then I had to change my diet last year. No more soda every day or all I can drink on the weekends. Time to use frozen foods instead of those in the can. My blood pressure was too high and bad cholesterol too high and poor cholesterol too low. Host of other problems.
But I'm thankful that I'm wiser and smarter than ever before and much more mature also - and have learned not to obsess or worry about friends that move in and out of my life because they take the value of my friendship very lightly. I've learned to cherish the good friends I've had. And I've grown much more mature in my Christian faith and had what I guess i can call a modest successful writing career.
Now my youngest who got his girlfriend pregnant has to make a house and home for them. Wish he had waited longer for that... yikes.
So a week or two ago I noticed a pain in my hip. My sciatic nerve was acting up. Why? dunno. But I began to hobble around like, well, someone much older using a walker. I've gone through some mutations with my shoes and orthotics and made some progress. But sheez....
Then I had to change my diet last year. No more soda every day or all I can drink on the weekends. Time to use frozen foods instead of those in the can. My blood pressure was too high and bad cholesterol too high and poor cholesterol too low. Host of other problems.
But I'm thankful that I'm wiser and smarter than ever before and much more mature also - and have learned not to obsess or worry about friends that move in and out of my life because they take the value of my friendship very lightly. I've learned to cherish the good friends I've had. And I've grown much more mature in my Christian faith and had what I guess i can call a modest successful writing career.
Now my youngest who got his girlfriend pregnant has to make a house and home for them. Wish he had waited longer for that... yikes.
