How Old Is Too Old? (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 07 2015	Views/Reads: 2010/1551	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am not old; I am just mature for my age.

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Looking back over my life, I do not know any year I would like to
repeat. I certainly do not want to be a teenager again. I remember 
those teenage years and I was so glad to get out of that age group. My 
20s were not any better, except it was during my 20s that I met the 
person who later became the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Those 
were good years. 

Then when I got into my 30s, little people started coming into our
house. They arrived about 18 to 20 months apart and stopped when the 
number reached three. Three is a good number. 

I certainly do not want to go back to that time when little people were
roaming throughout the house day and night. I certainly do not want to 
go back to the time when those little people became teenagers. The 
roughest thing about having teenagers is that it is payback for when 
you were a teenager. That is why as a grandpa, I smile benignly as I 
watch my children trying to parent their teenagers. 

What I would like to do is remind those parents of what life was like
for me when they were teenagers. It is wonderful being a grandfather 
who always gets the last laugh. 

David understood this when he wrote, “Now also when I am old and
greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength 
unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come” 
(Psalms 71:18). 

I am not old; I am just mature for my age. 


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