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Feb 9

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Does It Mean I’m Old When My Kids Are Having Kids?

Sometimes it feels like Father Time is laughing at me

three clocks hanging on a wall — Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash

My daughter called with great news. She’s pregnant. This will be our second grandchild.

Time has a way of letting you know that it is sailing along.

An elderly person I was assisting at work once remarked that the idea of these being your…

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