lunch and then its winter

LUNCH AND THEN IT IS WINTER !!!
> >
> > I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED
> > THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND
> > THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES
> > YOU STOP AND THINK. READ SLOWLY!
> >
> > AND THEN IT IS WINTER
> >
> > You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you
> > unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was
> > young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in
> > a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went.
> > I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then
> > and of all my hopes and dreams.
> >
> > But, here it is... the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise...How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well seeing older people through th years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like. But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting grey...they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me...but, I see the great change...Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd be. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore... it's mandatory! Cause if I don't on my own free will... I just fall asleep where I sit!

And so...now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that