The Arrival Of Middle Age~

..yes it comes now in chewable tablets ...... for kids like me.

Yes it's true - I am a middle-aged balding , decrepit, over the hill, wooden leg (no not that one), viagra chewing, two glass eyes, false teeth, no ass man BUT when I arrive here my little black dress modern wonder of the modern world that you are (and such a major writing talent too) THEN I am a very perky adolescent boy ......yay for smaller mercies and a beautiful talented woman like you.

Sending you warm wishes from Colin and his cats at lake erie time ontario canada 5:50pm

I kind of love aging. It makes me wise.

I loved your point of view in this poem.

This was such a true poem! tick tock! lol! I am middle aged ish.... well yes I am, but mentally I am still in my twenties! voted up!

The best time has started, Cris let's celebrate, Cheers.

I'm approaching it too. Still, age is just a number and nothing should stop us from living life to the fullest! Thanks for sharing, Cristina!!

I needed this so much today! I recently hit 42, and to be honest, not really liking the well earned wrinkles and gray hairs. I have spent many days inside my head wishing to go back, while on the outside living in auto-pilot...You have inspired me to look ahead without fear of my lost youth, that now exists in my beautiful daughters(3), Thank you!

Ahh , thats soo cool , are we lucky or what to have daughters ! And I wont ask about the little feathered photo , but the one of you at the window ....Magical!

Chris Sp, You lucky lady you ! Tell me ! Is there anything as beautiful as that video , your daughter an angel and the angels mother ! No finer love in the wwworrrllldd ... than family ! As I read this I was thinking of you writing while you were flying somewhere , staring out the little window , jotting down lines or catalogging them away in that beautiful mind of yours !......Welcome home !..ed

A truly lovely and poignant poem. Thank you for sharing your creative gifts with us. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

James :D

Tick tock, tick tock. Time does move forward whether we are ready or not! ;) I do my best not to think about the number, but how I feel inside. Today, I'm feeling 30. I'll go with that! Thanks for sharing your lovely poem, CrisSp!

I have heard CrisSp, I have heard.

Oh, I loved this! The video was truly icing on the cake. Happy Birthday!

A poignant yet hopeful poem about the way time inexorbly advances toward us, "tick, tock, tick, tock." Very welll done.

A very Happy Birhtday to you!

Hi CrisSp

"So, while I gaze upon the rainbow

Of life that brightens my heart

Why not embrace the flaw and glow

End not in a lonesome misery

Walk along for the life so full of joy"

I remember when I couldn't wait til Friday. How the time would drag. Now Fridays come too fast and Monday's even faster. Yes, time moves faster in our middle years but I still think we should enjoy quality time and not just rush through life.

Loved your daughter's video. Happy Birthday!

Voted up and sharing

wow, nicely put together and wish you lots of celebrations and happiness in the times to come :D, think even if the time hushes and rushes, with your energy and enthusiasm, you will always be youthful and ahead !!

Hi CrisSp, loved your poem, very well done. Great video moment! I would like to celebrate your birthday with you by offering my hub on Birthday Milestones. Happy Birthday!!! Looks like you reached an important one. I wish you peace and many blessings as you celebrate your many blessings.

Voted up and beautiful.

Always celebrate--celebrate everything you can--anyway that is my 2 cents--loved this!

Hi Cristina, Your poem is perfect for us young folks! I'm 5 months away from the big 5-0 and I'm good with that. I still wonder where the years have gone. I still feel and think like a kid at heart...so yay for 50. I think. Ha!!

Age is just a number......and no matter what age we are...there are many things to celebrate! Thanks for sharing this, CrisSP, and I pass it on.

Hi CrisPs... middle age is only a state of mind and a number it is what is found in the heart that truly counts. Fear not it only gets better.

A great poem and yes one that makes us stop and think... care not about yesterday it has passed and tomorrow is still to come. Live in the moment of the day we find ourselves in and it is what is important.

Hugs from Alberta

YOU my friend will be forever young... and such witty and lovely poetry is proof of that !!!!

Delightful hub and love your daughters surprise. Hope you had a great birthday and don't you worry the best is yet to come. Hugs.

Happy Day Cris, Hope you enjoy/ed it and many more!

Who would go back to youth? Time is a conjurer - it ticks faster for some than others. In a couple of decades of middle-age you can witness a generation born and grow to adulthood and start the next generation. Young people seem to catch up, and old-age moves further into the distance. You see changes in yourself but you don't change within. And if we step off the highway, we see that it's not the ticking that hurries us along... but the traffic.

Great poem.

Time passing can be confronting sometimes - on and on we go. You did an excellent job on this poem - I did identify, especially with the clock ticking. It seems like one minute I had young daughters and the next I minute had grandchildren. Tick-tock - Thank you -

Well here I am CriSp4 at 62; wondering where all the years have gone. I do not feel any different to when I was in my teens (so I've decided not to grow up!). I still work full time in a very demanding job, I try to keep up with hubpages (have not written anything new for awhile - must do it!) and I'm starting a copy writing course. Phew!

Loved this poem absolutely brilliant! Voted up,

Jan

Everything that you have written is so true, but embrace what comes, for it will be here no matter what.

So what age is middle age these day? Nice post, very personal and moving.

Beautiful verses. Happy Birthday :)

Happy Birthday to you CrisSp....thank you for sharing your birthday poem :-))

Well, crissp,

you have left me breathless. of all I have read, this, in my opinion, has been one of your greatest poems that I have ever seen. full of style. It makes you stop and think about all of the time thats gone by, even for me. I am still real young, but, as I think back, 21 years already come and gone. where did the time go, just like you say tick-tock and then gone. Voted UP.

I. White

This is very touching to me....I am there....my memory seems to be going first. Jamie

Very cute video...great face at the end...made me laugh...Happy Birthday! The poem was right on! My birthday was yesterday and I am fast approaching old age...lol.

Outstanding ode to the march of the aged. I commend you for including the importance of embracing the walk as the years go on. Your daughter carrot cake looks divine. Birthday wishes to you, my friend.

Wonderful

A beautiful job on life. And a really happy birthday to you. Voting up

Ah, Cris! Happy, happy birthday! And many, many more! What beautiful poems and what a lovely birthday surprise! I really enjoyed it! Up++

Thank you for this. I saw it in other, but didn't notice it in myself until I slowed down.

What a very lovely and profound poem. What hope expressed here dear CrisSp! You are so wise, beautiful and no where near middle age? No way! Happy Birthday sweet friend. You deserve the best this life has to offer and the manner in which you view it, you will surely have the best.

Voted up +++ and sharing

Thank you for this unique and interesting poem. God bless. In His Love, Faith Reaper

Unblemished mind is all I wish

To reflect on the things I know

To remember the good times of days gone by

And look ahead for brighter days

Embracing hope thy will be done

This is pretty much my view lately, Crissp. I have seen lots of days gone by, learned much, am much wiser for the wear, but still look for more blessings to come before I'm done. Thank you for the inspiration!

The question is "What is middle age?" If a person dies at 40, then middle age was somewhere between 14 to 27. If a person lives to 100, then middle age is close to 35 to 65. It all depends on the final tally! So, I'm planning on living until 200, so I have yet to leave my youth behind! Age is only a matter of mind. If anything, it hinders the experiences one enjoys as the "respectability" of age disallows certain types of freedom ... supposedly. I say, "Forget the number of years you've been around and enjoy!" Good poem!

Beautiful my friend. When I reached middle age all my three children had been paid for through college. Liberation! I had offers to travel the world and teach and be free. I chose to have another child with my new wife of 10 years. I am middle aged and so alive and happy that I pinch myself. I say which mistake did I make to create the wonder of what is today!

CrisSp,

One of the things I really admire about you is your classy, "cut above" style and grace. It makes you ageless.

I like what you said in the caption under one of your linked poems, "Aging Graciously"--"...time is a concept that humans created." You are absolutely right. It's as ludicrous as the concept of man owning land.

My view is that eternity is timeless. My body might be changing, but the essence of "me" remains in that kindergarten sandbox as I learn what sharing is all about; at age 13 when I'm in the midst of my first passionate kiss, and I don't know what the heck is happening to my body; at 19 when I gaze into the beautiful eyes of my newborn son; at 47 when I learn I'm a new grandpa; at 59 when I discover and relocate in a tranquil little writer's town called HubPages...

The palette on which we paint the masterpiece of our life isn't moving at the speed of light; it's standing still, one of many classic pieces of art languished over, admired, appreciated, and blessed by the Master Artist Himself. It's ageless, timeless, eternal.

Happy Blessed Eternal Birthday, dear friend! That was so very sweet of your daughter to bake that special cake for you. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and memorable event with us.