Posted by Mark H. on February 22, 2002, at 14:34:25
In reply to Re: What does chronological age tell you? » Mark H., posted by medlib on February 22, 2002, at 1:33:48
Good to hear from you, MedLib!
My motives are probably child-like, in that everything in my family was a secret: age, money, sex, taxes, work, health, normal family concerns.... I think my parents were trying to protect my sister and me from the cares of ordinary life, while protecting themselves from a verbally precocious little boy who never seemed to figure out that there were topics and observations that probably shouldn't be blurted out in polite company.
I'm told that when I was about 2-1/2 or so, an elder from our church came over, and while he was waiting to see my dad, I raced from one end of the living room to the other, diving into the sofa at each end. He finally asked me what I was doing, and I replied, "Showing off."
So at 52 I find myself curious about things that probably every 11 year old already knows but I somehow missed. Age is just one of them. ;-)
By the way, when I was taking a small seminar on urban planning from Dr. Rosaria Hodgson, at our last meeting of the quarter the topic of age came up. All but one person in the class guessed I was 44 or older. Only one remembered that the first time we met I had told everyone I was in fact 27 at the time.
I was VERY VERY old by the time I was 19. At 52, I like to think that I am much younger than I have ever been in many ways. More than any other single factor, I have the love of my life, my wife Sue, to thank for that.
With kind regards,
Mark H.
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