Age. Just a number?

So many times I hear the phrase, "Age?  Don't worry about it.  It's just a number."

How do they know?    Are they at a point in life where so little transition is happening?

Numbers are important and with age, it's not to be trivialized.  As much as people tout their nonchalance concerning age, it's interesting to see how quickly a label gets slapped on someone if they step out of the boundaries for age appropriate behavior.

As midlife women, we are encouraged to embrace our age but the media constantly tells us how to appear younger in our outward appearance.  And should we actually follow through with the prescribed formula of anti-aging, then the label of desperate is quickly applied.  Going out with a younger man even if he's mature looking and acting...still considered a cougar and the relationship is looked at with a wink and nod.

Older man with younger woman...gold-digger, daddy lover, and for him-cradle robber.

The mindset of youth is ageless and should be celebrated but the eras from which we are born are equally important.

Tick Tock

Tick Tock
My life is but a clock,
A turning wheel of history
Making time a mystery.

Tick Tock
I seek for it to stop,
Giving back my memories
Changing life instantly.

Tick Tock
Time winding down forgot,
As treasured moments oft
Are lost with every tick..tock....
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