The Gift of Aging

Live your fucking life.

When we’re children, most of us LONG to be older. We add that “half” to our age because, by god, we’re not going to be seen as a second younger than we are.

“So you’re 9 years old?”

“NO, I AM 9 1/2 THANK YOU VERY MUCH!”

I don’t remember when that went away for most of us. Was it in our late teens? Our early 20s? Was there a magic number, a perfect age wher…