When Did It Hit You...."I'm getting OLD"?

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I was playing this questionnaire thing that a friend of mine sent me. I used to do them all the time, but for a while there they were the same ‘ole same ‘ole, so I stopped. I decided to do the one she sent me. One of the questions on there really hit me. It was “When did you realize you were getting old”. Most people would answer, “when I began developing wrinkles”, “when my knees and body started making cracks and aching” the list goes on. But her answer (When I went to the bar and noticed all the younger girls around me doing what I used to do) got me thinking. My answer is similar minus the “bar scene”. When I first realized I was getting “old” I was at Justin’s graduation party. And I saw all the teenage girls hanging out together just being a young teen. I really can’t explain it but it was a strange feeling. Almost like I felt “left out”, but I wasn’t left out. I had Michele there sitting next to me and a few other “adults”, it was odd…kinda like I was seeing how I used to be with my friends years ago. On other occasions I’ve felt like I was getting “old” would be when I’m out shopping and notice teens…the way they talk….dress…etc. I’m not really in their “league” I’m an adult…I’m “older”. Other times I feel like I’m getting “old”- when my younger brother Joshua graduated from High School and started college, when Martha my younger sister graduated from college and when I hear of kids I used to baby-sit, are pregnant or married. Man I feel “old”. So with all that said. When did you realize you were getting old? Was it a physical appearance about you, or the everyday things and people around you?
Now don’t get me wrong….I’m happy to be the age I am. I’m blessed to be healthy and alive. I know that as I grow….God has bigger and better for me as the days, months, and years go by. I think of aging as a blessing.