Time Waits For No Man

I just had the worst wake up call yesterday. I realized that I am actually getting old. My son and I were watching a movie, Julie and Julia, and there was a scene in the movie that flashed "2002" as the time frame. Well my son looks at me with his doe eyes and says, "Mom is that the way it looked back then in 2002?" This threw me for a moment. "Back then" kept resonating in my head. "Back then?", I started asking myself. I mean for me, "back then" represents the 50's, 60's, maybe even the 70's. "Back then" was a question that I asked my own mother. Surely "back then" has not traveled through time ran ahead of me, turned around and smacked me into reality! Unfortunately, it had. I then thought well maybe he is trying to be funny. He just wanted to throw a little playful jab with his words, but then it dawned on me. My child was born in November 2001. Therefore, he sincerely meant, "back then". Talk about a ton of bricks that jolts you into reality! I could not believe that I am now answering a "back then" question. This lit a fire in me that will not be quenched. We only live once. We have to live life to the fullest. We must accomplish our goals and conquer our fears. Once time is gone, it can never be regained. Life goes on, time moves on, but when ours is up, it's over. Carpe Diem - Seize the day!