Growing Old

 

There is something about this picture I like.

I’m not sure what exactly it is. Maybe it’s the elderly couple in the contemporary setting.

Our family has a few songs we listen to as we drive out in the country. They make us feel a little nostalgic.

One of them has a line that makes Nicole laugh every time. “It turns me on to think of growing old.”

She giggles innocently. We don’t talk like that today, but she finds it funny that anyone would look forward to growing old.

I’m enjoy getting a little older.

Without getting older, I wouldn’t have the wisdom I have now.

Without getting older, I wouldn’t be preparing to celebrate twenty years of marriage to an amazing woman who brings joy to my life every day.

Without getting older, I wouldn’t have enjoyed watching two little babies grow up into wonderful teenagers.

Without getting older, I wouldn’t have the memories of watching God work like He has through Lighthouse.

I’m enjoying every day.

I just haven’t yet figured out how I can be married twenty years when I still only feel seventeen.