Growing Old But Not Gracefully
I hate growing older and whenever something bugs me, I am going to vent my frustrations here.
I have come to really dislike words such as; senior citizen and elderly. Especially when the news media refer to a 50 year old as “elderly”. Or how about, an “older gentleman or lady”?
For those of you that do not keep up with Nascar racing, Mark Martin is a driver. Heaven forbid, he is 50 years old! And, he wins races and is high in the points standings. Yet, the announcers always refer to him as: “Mark Martin who is 50 years old, the oldest driver on the track, and is leading…..” The next sentence is always, “So and So is in second and he was not even born when Mark started racing!”
Guess Mark is one of a kind! And us “old people” should act our age. Got a cane anyone?
Barb
