You can say nO WAY all you want, but it arrives. I went on a bus tour this spring, and I came home telling my friends about the old people on the bus...then I realized I have become one of them, a senior citizen, that is...whether I want to admit it or not.

I enjoy your posts. I've come here by way of a link at Melange.
Beverly | Homepage | 10.23.06 - 10:40 pm | #

They say it brings wisdom, though.

Doesn't it? Shouldn't it? It could, you know... it could.

And how to say 'thank you' enough? I wouldn't know where to start.

Let us just say, just to begin: thank you for being you.


miguel | 10.23.06 - 11:13 pm | #

The title? It's from Peter Pan ("I Won't Grow Up").

I'm hitting sixty next April, but inside my head I'm still about thirty-seven!
Candace | 10.23.06 - 11:18 pm | #

We all are getting there whether we want to or not. Of course we could consider the alternative, but I choose getting older!
Cathy | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 12:47 am | #

I had to print this one off for my folks. They are in their late 70's and I am not that far behind..... oh dear!
srp | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 12:53 am | #

Peter Pan sang I won't Grow Up.

I actually saw Sandy Duncan on broadway performing this. She flew right over us.

I'm 54. I'm still acting like I'm 25.
margalit | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 1:47 am | #

Not I!

(Peter Pan)
Sara | 10.24.06 - 11:49 am | #

I'm pretty sure the title is from Michael Jackson's "Book of Daily Affirmations".
DG | 10.24.06 - 12:13 pm | #

Good cartoon, and I must say this week I must have read a million (well, OK, a dozen) blogposts and even a NYTimes article by Nora Ephron on getting older. Something is in the air. I am saying that because I do not want to believe the universe is sending me a message: that way lies madness...!
NB | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 12:20 pm | #

Is that right? Peter Pan is the obvious but for some reason I'm registering what's-his-name singing from the musical Hans Christian Anderson (also, Inch Worm...). If I'm right you owe me a visit and a comment. Love you, dear Jane. Think of you every time I grab something hot. And yes, I'm still coming..
vicki | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 1:24 pm | #

Alright, it WAS Peter Pan. I was confusing it with No Two People Have Ever Been So In Love. oh, tee hee. High on life today!
vicki | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 1:27 pm | #

I forget what I look like -- after all, I'm behind this face. Some mornings when the alarm goes off and I jump (well, stagger) into the bathroom and put on the light, I 'm surprised to see my grandmother looking at me out of the mirror. I actually jump a little. "Oh, yeah. That's right -- I"m old now," I mutter.

Then I forget again.
graycie | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 2:44 pm | #

Oh, man...I'm having trouble facing 40 and I don't want to think about 50 and then 60 and then (Lord willing) 70. Still, if the option is getting older or, um, not getting older, I'll take what's behind Door #1, thanks just the same!
Denise | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 4:40 pm | #

We sang a version of the Peter Pan song at my college about not wearing high heels.

I am 30 (oh yeah, so old, I know) and when I am at recess with my second graders, I feel 9.
Lady S | Homepage | 10.24.06 - 10:07 pm | #

I posted that cartoon way back in the early days of my blog. I liked it because it had the name Judy in it, but of course there's more than a hint of truth in it for mr. kenju....LOL
kenju | Homepage | 10.25.06 - 12:34 am | #

I see many beat me to the bonus points *sigh* - did I tell you I played Capt. Hook in my high school's production of Peter Pan? I studied an old LP of Cyril Richard's performance for weeks, had his performance down to the letter and then made it my own.

What's this about growing old?
Jim | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 2:18 am | #