Aches and Pains

One of the untold secrets of getting older is the subtle creep of minor physical "decrepitudes". Each on its own is not usually a big deal but when they start piling up it can make getting out of bed in the morning hazardous!
Skin tags - those nasty annoying cloying little stubs that begin to litter the landscape of my skin.
Cataracts - making it more and more difficult to see especially at night.
Reading glasses because my eyes, which already cannot see anything 5 feet or more away from me, now also make reading a book or a computer screen arduous if not impossible.
High blood pressure - and I even cut all salt from my diet...
Assorted and sundry aches, generally associated with gardening or major housecleaning. These generally manifest themselves when I blithely jump out of bed (the morning after a day of hard physical activity)and collapse right away. Ouch!
Brain cramps - the word was just there a nanosecond ago, really!
Brittle fingernails- yes, this is a problem when my nails are constantly jagged, cracked and break if I just look at them!
Insomnia, giving me unwanted blocks of late night time with nothing to do and too tired to do anything anyway.
I won't even start on my knees.....

I never appreciated all of my physical blessings while I had them. I watch my granddaughters in amazement as they careen about non-stop, fall, stumble, and quickly recover. They can get up without it being a major event in their day and fall asleep instantly, really! They run, jump, swing, swim, bike, all day long. It would never occur to them that maybe their Gramma might not be quite so intrepid!

But today I can walk, I can see with glasses, I can write and keyboard, pay my bills, climb stairs, clip shrubs and plant bulbs, enjoy meals, talk and hear people talking to me, so what I do now is appreciate all of these blessings while I have them. And I can still play with my granddaughters, just at a slower pace!