In the early years of our parenting, we were
either on the floor playing trucks, assembling Legos, changing diapers—daily
life.
When children were almost asleep, we watched TV
and our favorite shows. The actors were
about our age we guessed, and I don’t know if their hands every touched a
diaper, clean or whatever.
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| Then and now |
They exuded everything we were not: glamorous,
glittery, or bulgy muscles, and great haircuts.
Recently I discovered something called “Cake Watch”
in the newspaper; it is a summation of birthdays of the celebrity clan.
Apparently while we were aging, so were they! Here are some examples:
In their 80s:
Robert Conrad (Wild Wild West), Willard Scott, John Callum (Northern
Exposure), Harry Belafonte, Sophia Loren, Maggie Smith, Sean Connery….
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| Creaking Bones? |
In their 70s: Roger Daltrey, Robert Redford,
Patrick Stewart, Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds, Shirley Maclaine, Chuck Norris, James
Caan…
In their 60s: Goldie Hawn, Tom Selleck, Helen
Mirren, Jaclyn Smith, Tommy Lee Jones…
This, somehow, reassures me. Oh, and Justin Bieber is 21.
