Notes from the Deserted Island


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February 24, 2009 Growing Older I recently had a birthday, which was fun as always. I described it once or twice as the 13th anniversary of my 25th birthday. One of my fellow church members, who himself would be classified as a senior citizen, said, "Having a birthday is definitely is better than the other option!" Which of course is true. But somewhere along the way, at home or in the car, I must have said something about getting older. And you know how little ears hear everything and pick up on the most interesting things. A few days later, we were getting ready to leave in the morning for work and school. I was doing my usual routine of cleaning up after breakfast and making my lunch, after having made Jaylin's lunch and gotten breakfast ready with Laura's help. And to be fair, I should say ahead of time that Laura and I often share chores, each having things that we typically do. However, that division of chorse isn't hard and fast, so that sooner or later we each end up doing everything. But I guess Jaylin doesn't always see it that way. As I was making my lunch, Jaylin, who was still finishing his breakfast, looked over at me. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy," he said. "Mommy and I should be ashamed of ourselves. You do all the work, and we should really do more to help you, because you are really old." So there you have it. At the age of 38, I have one foot in the grave. At the rate of all this work that I do, I probably won't be around much longer. I'll expect to see all of you at my funeral soon. Because I am really old, after all. The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old. - Proverbs 20:29	Notes 07/01/10 - Nothing New? 12/17/09 - Books 08/07/09 - Importance 06/19/09 - I Forgot 05/13/09 - Twenty Years Ago 04/17/09 - Prayer Meeting 03/23/09 - Technology 02/24/09 - Growing Older All notes About the author Deserted Island home
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