Getting Old?

Nothing can make you feel older than when you see someone who babysat your kids when they were little, and now they have 3 children of their own! I was at an event last evening and ran into a gal I haven't seen in over 16 years. I can say it's 16 years, because she used to babysit for our Grandson, who is 17, when he was only a year or so old. It was good to see her again, all grown up, and doing well in her life and seeing her very cute three children. She came up to me and asked if I remembered her, it took me a second, but then I quickly realized that it was Shannon. She has grown into a beautiful woman. We visited with her for quite a while and enjoyed our time with her. She was here from out of town, to support her Mother who was part of the event we were at. We also saw two young men at the event that we watched grow up from the time they were little boys, they are 26 and over 30 now!

Even worse is seeing your former neighbor girl, visiting from California, who used to babysit for your 37 year old daughter!

Oh, then there is the grown up lady that you watched grow up from the time she was a baby, and then you listen to her give the message one Sunday morning (this past Sunday) at your church, in place of the pastor. Wow! That was something! By the way, she did a wonderful job. All of us from Woodland UMC that watched her grow up, were very proud of her on Sunday! We are proud of all she and her sister do for us at HOPE UMC. They grew up well, and we knew them when...

Ah, yes, these are the things that make us realize that we are getting old!