I'm Growing Older

Today I was watching something that someone sent me that was a funny joke about older people.  I was listening to it, and all of a sudden it struck me.  I AM GROWING OLD!! 

For someone who is still young and fighting a horrible disease, I am sure that is something that they are looking forward to, and it is my prayer that they all get to experience it.

  I so looked forward to retiring.  What I didn't think about was what came with that retirement age. 

It seems I need the TV a bit louder and I say excuse me when someone speaks to me from time to time as it came across as a mumble.  I find that I am needing much more light to read and sew by.  My joints get sore with the change of the weather and my steps are slower.  I can no longer run (well it has been a while since I did that) but I was able to move alot faster.  It takes me longer to remember things that used to be right at the forefront of my mind and when I sit down to watch TV my eyelids want to go shut. 

What can I say?  Do I like this?  No I don't.  There may have been a way to stave off this if I had started earlier taking better care of this body.  But here I am near retirement and hoping that I will be able to enjoy it.