Space Goddess

Mom celebrated her 90th birthday on Monday, October 29, 2007.  She and I were discussing aging and I remarked, “You know, Mom, next April I’ll be 60 years old!”

She was silent for a moment, digesting what I considered a mind-numbing piece of news. She looked up at the ceiling, perhaps to include in our conversation friends I couldn’t see, and said, ” 60 is realizable…90 is hopeful!”