Saw This On Another Web Page And It Hit Home

Winkk · ‎03-15-2010

I'm the lady in the mirror. Time does go by so fast.

vermint · ‎04-05-2010

@Winkk This is so very true. I've been retired for about a year now, and I thought time would slow down a bit--it has not!

FLtricia · ‎02-18-2012

I remember my mother saying that she felt young inside and sometimes was shocked when she looked in the mirror. Now here I am.

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

I have this on my fb page, it is so darn true.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

Jaspersmom · ‎06-08-2011

I once asked my mother when she was in her 80's how old she felt and she replied, "About thirty." I wondered how that could be. Now I'm getting up there myself and I don't feel much different from when I was in my 30's. Yeah, a few more aches and pains, but overall, about the same. THEN I look in the mirror and wonder where that 30 yo went. I agree with what others have said about time passing quickly. It seems to be moving all the more faster since I retired. Make the best of each day.

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

It really does. Mom as been gone for over 10 years now but when I am missing her now all I have to is look in the mirror and there she is. So there are some good things to the aging. But it flew so fast. Just this week I went through all my high school year books. I adored high school.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

It works both ways. I look in the mirror and see the fat teenager with a unibrow, bad acne, and hair fried by my mother's Lilt Extra Strong home permanent.

♥Surface of the Sun♥

Toppers3 · ‎10-25-2016

I recently had this same discussion with my husband.

We've been married 40 years.

We both have heads of gray hair now, and I asked what happened to all of those years?!

I told him that other people would consider us older adults by looking at us, but in my mind, I'm definitely younger, and I asked him if he felt that way too and he said that he did.

So I'm wondering if it's a case for most of us where our minds are definitely younger than our bodies.

AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

Oh, this really hits home! I also remember my dearest mother saying to me --- "I look in the mirror and I say ---- who is that old lady looking back at me? It surely can't be me! In my mind and heart, I still feel like that young, school girl, but all people see is this old broken down body and face!" At the time she said it --- it made me so sad for her and I secretly shed some tears. She was always so beautiful to me! And now --- I truly now how she felt -- because I am where she was!!!! Days and years go by in the blink of an eye....

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin

Coastalcarolina · ‎04-02-2015

@AngelPuppy1, so sweet! I understand completely! My mother was beautiful also, and I remember when she started losing her outward beauty.

When I was in my 30's, we were in her bedroom by her makeup table. She would look at me and tell me how beautiful I was. Then she would ask me to put her makeup on and make her eyes look like mine. I remember putting on her eyeshadow and saying "mom, your skin moves on your eyelids and it's hard to apply it properly." She laughed at my statement, but she seemed sad that no matter what, she couldn't regain the appearance that she sought after. Other things were happening as well, like greying hair but she still tried to look her best.

Now when I see my appearance in the mirror, I think mom actually accepted it better than I do most days. I have a hard time if I am out shopping because I used to could throw anything on, make a fashion statement out of anything. She used to say that I looked like I had stepped out of the Spiegel catalog.

Not anymore.