{"id":1020,"date":"2005-04-16T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-17T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:31:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:31:05","slug":"showing-ones-age-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"Showing One’s Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

memories are a funny thing <\/span>
<\/span>
today…during a conversation with Kelly <\/span>
I had to admit out loud that I’m going to be 50 in July<\/span>
I joke around all the time <\/span>
about “how the hell did that happen?” <\/span>
and <\/span>
“where the hell was I when that happened?”<\/span>
<\/span>
but the truth is<\/span>
I’m kinda proud of it<\/span>
<\/span>
there were times when I was positive <\/span>
that I wasn’t ever going to make it<\/span>
just as<\/span>
there were times when my health <\/span>
was bad enough that I didn’t want to make it<\/span>
<\/span>
one of the things that aided me thru the years<\/span>
is my ability to submerse myself in a book<\/span>
I’ve always been able to read <\/span>
and lose myself enough <\/span>
that I could step away <\/span>
from the reality of the day to day <\/span>
for a while<\/span>
<\/span>
I’ve read a lot of crap<\/span>
and <\/span>
I’ve read a lot of good stuff<\/span>
<\/span>
a lot of people suggest that TV <\/span>
was the downfall of reading<\/span>
but I don’t think so<\/span>
I feel like it’s a sort of adendum to reading…<\/span>
just like movies<\/span>
<\/span>
that being said <\/span>
if a movie is based on a book you’ve read<\/span>
don’t expect the story to be the same <\/span>
…but I digress<\/span>
<\/span>
today I was flippin channels <\/span>
while waiting for my supper to cook<\/span>
and on PBS I stumble across an old Lawrence Welk show<\/span>
<\/span>
the Lennon Sisters<\/span>
<\/span>
and all of a sudden I am transported back <\/span>
to being young <\/span>
and curling up with one of my first hard covered books<\/span>
the thrill of reading a Janet Lennon story. <\/span>
(here’s where showing my age comes in)<\/span>
remember those books?<\/span>
Dale Evans, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys…<\/span>
<\/span>
the kids now days would read those stories <\/span>
and laugh at how “sad” they are<\/span>
wouldn’t you rather that your kids <\/span>
and grandkids <\/span>
read them<\/span>
instead of learning about Britney’s pregnancy <\/span>
from People magazine?<\/span>
<\/span>
yup<\/span>
I’m gettin old<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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