Today is my last day of being 56. By tomorrow I will have outlived people such as Abraham Lincoln, Steve Jobs, Roger Miller Linda McCartney and Betty Grable. These people were all said to have died before their time. I find it amazing to think that Abraham Lincoln had been President for 4 years before he was my age. Mind you current President is 3 years younger than me. Average age of US Presidents at inauguration is 54. There was another who was 56 when he died and we could say it wasn't soon enough - Adolf Hitler. So I will be older and hopefully wiser than Hitler. Older and hopefully safer than Abraham Lincoln; older and hopefully healthier than Steve Jobs or Linda McCartney. I am the same age, possibly happier but not as well known as Dr Who (Peter Capaldi); Ellen de Generes and Madonna. I have had, and plan on continuing to have a great life. I have been loved and cherished from birth right through my adulthood. I feel blessed - and you my dear family are a large part of the blessing. |
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