Tick,Tock....

 Tick tock, tick tock....time is flying, with almost breakneck speed! I have always heard that the older you get, the faster it goes, and I know others my age would say that is absolutely true! When I'm in a pensive mood, I wonder --- if I could go back in time, what would I do differently?

I would try to seize the moment more. To quote Erma Bombeck, "Think of all the women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart!" I'd not have dwelt on my weight so much. Looking back on old photos, I wish I was as "fat" now as I thought I was then. 

I'd have worn the the beautiful earrings my husband bought me, more often. I was afraid I'd lose them so there they sat - in my jewelry box! 

I wouldn't have worn high heels so often. What was I thinking, as a young Mom, wearing them with jeans? And to football games? Good Lord!

I'd have worn, more often, the perfumes, colognes, and nightgowns I'd been saving for special occasions. Shouldn't every day ( and night) be considered special?

I'd have spent more time with the "old-timers" in my life. They had some wisdom, I'm sure, that I could be using right about now. Plus, they would've felt needed... not a bad thing, I'm finding, at this stage.

I'd have heeded my parents' warnings about standing up straight. I was 5'9 and did I really think slouching made me shorter?   With the shrinkage that's come with aging, I'm getting my wish, anyway.

I wouldn't be so concerned about what others thought....about just about everything.

I would've read more. I've been a magazine reader, so for current matters, I'm good. But books are where the real knowledge is and my horizons would've been broadened, for sure.

I'd be more open-minded. I've been pretty rigid all these years and in this world, I'm finding, you have lighten up some.

I don't want anyone to think I'm full of regrets. My life has been a good one --it really has been--- but how would my feet be feeling now if I'd have stuck with flats?