Are you ever bothered by your age? Things that , when you were younger, you wanted to see, or do. But have realized that

[debm55]

will not happen. Tomorrow I turn 70. I can't believe the younger me is so far way. .

[PJMcK]

1. you're the youngest 70 I've experienced

Many opportunities are ahead of us!

Keep smilin'.

[debm55]

2. Thank you very much PJMcK for the kind words. It could have been from teaching for 43 years.

[surfered]

3. Happy birthday, young lady. I miss snow skiing.

I first took it up at 45 and was lucky to ski 27 consecutive years. Then the Covid pandemic closed the mountain one year and I missed the next due to a medical procedure. After those couple of years off, and the time it takes to acclimate to skiing at 10,000’ when living at sea level seemed like too much. I’m still surfing and bike riding, but I do miss flying down a mountain and the powder….the moguls, not so much😁

[debm55]

9. Thank you surfered. I miss cross country skiing.

[hlthe2b]

4. Happy B'Day, debm55. Keep that young spirit you manifest so fully!

In answer to your question and so as not to bum you out, I only wish I'd moved overseas earlier in my career when I had the chance (I didn't because my sister was never going to leave the US and it wasn't really possible for me to do so when my parents were still living). Boy, do I regret it now, but, maybe we can all get through it together--young at heart, all of us!

[debm55]

11. Thank you very much. I did see all the National Parks from Mexico to Canada. I adopted at baby, I travel with rich for

his job. But there was one thing I wanted and that was to get my PhD in Art Therapy. That will never be. And to have grandchildren as my son is Mentally Disabled. But I a feeling I make posters here that makes me feel good.

[lynintenn]

5. I turned 76 in Dec.

I miss scuba diving. Too many meds keep me from being more active.

[debm55]

12. Thank you lynintenn. Yes , meds have slowed me down to.

[Dorothy V]

6. Happy Birthday! I wish for you all the love and laughter you can handle, now and always!

I have a twisted pelvis and there are many things I can't do, or do for very long. But I don't dwell on it, I just do the things I can do, visit with friends and family, read a good book, watch the birds go to roost as the sun sets, enjoy flowers, crochet, embroider, listen to music, savor a good meal, and many others.
As for the people I can no longer see and the things I can no longer do, I have a wealth of good memories to wander through.
I am never bored, and thanks to reading and going online, I learn new things all the time.

[debm55]

16. Thank you dear Dorothy V. I am so glad you are with us.to share yourself with us.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Not Much

I would have liked for that due diligence trip to Egypt not be canceled so I could take a day to see the pyramids. (I actually took a day off in Mumbai to take a plane to Agra, just to see the Taj Mahal.)
Never seeing them now. But I've seen & done plenty, so not much else seems missing.
Oh, and Happy Birthday!

[debm55]

15. Thank you Professor GAC, You are the Renaissance man on this site-music, education, travel.and your family.

[Wicked Blue]

8. Aw you're just a kid.

I'll be 73 in a few weeks.

Happy happy happy birthday, dear Deb!

Here's your pre-birthday entertainment

[debm55]

14. Thank you Wicked Blue. In Pittsbugh they had the Paul Shannon show after school. I loved the Stooges. Silly but funny.

[TommieMommy]

10. Happy birthday 😁💙 I'm still 45 in my head even though I'm 73

[debm55]

13. Thank you very much TommieMommy. I am going to start thinking that way.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. VHB. Myself, getting closer to 70, and you couldn't pay me to

"go back". Not that I made really bad mistakes in my youth or things were comparatively better. It's just that I've improved with age. Wisdom, knowing more stuff, better judgment. No neuroses from family dysfunction. Independence and autonomy. Having a cadre of loyal friends. Developed skills such as cooking and baking.

I have my 50th HS Reunion coming up later this year. Waffling whether to go. It's not revisiting nostalgia. And most of us are completely different people than in HS. I just don't want to be reminded of bygone youth I suppose.

[debm55]

19. Thank you no-hypocrisy for your beautiful post. My 50th reunion was last year. I have gone to any, so I had plans to go

to this one. My father died that morning and I didn't go. It did't bother me in the least. To see the people as my school was very clichés

[no_hypocrisy]

21. You know what's interesting to me about my HS reunions?

I've known about a dozen of my classmates since I was five. My first real friends outside the family.

Sorry about your father. You made the right choice.

[KitFox]

18. Happy Birthday, Deb!! 70 years young and many more

to come! I have always wanted to go to Ireland and see the whole country , but especially visit the town where my great grandparents lived and were married before they immigrated. I’m 75, but maybe it’s still in the cards. Hope all your wishes come true. 🩷

[debm55]

20. My husband and I visted Ireland. Beautiful. And since you have relatives there they will welcome you. Please go. you

will love it.

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. Happy birthday 🎉🎂

I can't believe I'll be 53 in May. We're did the time go? I'd still like to visit Germany.

[LogDog75]

23. I'm 74

I regret not researching my ancestors when I was stationed in England in the 80s and again in the 90s. One of my aunts traced our family tree back to England in the late 1600s or early 1700s. It would have been interesting to visit the towns/villages and look them up in the local government/church records.