Are You Kidding Me?
Future Tense
Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. ~Muriel Spark
I’m restless and a little bored. Feeling like a change is needed. A kick-start. Is this a mid-life crisis? If so, it’s kind of lame. I have no desire to buy a fancy car or get a newer model husband. But I do feel as if I need to do something. I wonder, am I too late to make a big splash? Fifty is toying with me. Out there in the semi-near distance; so close at times I swear I can feel its breath on my neck, warm and slightly revolting. It makes me shiver. Melancholy. Maybe that’s what I’m feeling. Both kids are in high school and their paths are starting to emerge. They all lead away from home. That’s not what’s bothering me. I’m proud and happy of the people they are becoming but I’m starting to see the holes that will be left in my life …
