And one more thing, again….

 

If you haven’t thought of this before, how about the difference between that 22 year old and 29 year old mind?  7 years is a good bit, to some people, but just how much is it?  Well, if you had asked my wife that question, right after she and I tied the knot, I expect she might have said, “yes, there is a difference, but usually it really isn’t all that much.”  Then, as life goes on (kids, pets, whatever) the difference all but disappears until, guess what, there you go, again, with no kids, no pets, and, again, guess what…that difference is a whole lot less.

 

And now, for wife and me, we find 77 and 70 to provide much less difference than that initial 7 years did way back when.  We still walk into a room and think, “just why did I come in here?”  The difference?  Well, today, that happens a lot more often than it did when we first met.  And it might take just a bit longer (or should I say a lot longer?) to remember just why you walked into that room.  Anyhow, the tale here might be to return to when you were 10 and your sister was 3.  Any difference?  You betcha!

 

So, is there a problem here?  Well, only if you let it be.  Knowing there is a problem and one that will continue to grow for both of you as time wears on, you will be on the right track.  And, if little things, say the possibility of Alzheimer’s, comes to your mind, you might just put that out of it.  What is there to do, anyway?  To the doc, maybe, and what does that get you?  Well, take it from me, pohdner, other than bills you wish you didn’t have and answers that are like those bills, not much.

 

Like it?  Well, there is an alternative—but most of us would say no thankee to that alternative.  In any case, I hope that will be your thinking when you, too, get here.  Just ask your wife.  (Preferably, ask her “early in the mornin’ about the break of day.”)  Then make a return to that folk song and remember, it’s the Lord you should be asking, since it is that very Lord who has the answer, the only answer you might find that has real meaning, and, thank you PP&M for your take on that..

 

“Help me find a way, to that promised land, (This lonely body, needs a helping hand,) I asked the Lord, won’t you please, help me find a way!”