Getting It Right

I don't know this woman. I can't say what she's been through. I can't tell you if she had a good day or bad day, or how she felt about photographers.

What I can tell you is that she is old.

I've been dealing with family matters a lot in the last couple of weeks, and like most families, mine is getting older.


It seems to me that one of the biggest challenges we face as we get old is resisting bitterness. Life isn't easy even when you have a good life. Inevitably, there's hard work, pain and death. It can be difficult to keep a proper perspective about the unpleasantness in life.

When I am old and toothless, I want to be able to smile and laugh about the things I think I remember. And, I want to look back at this blog and let it remind me that there is a good possibility that what I remember didn't happen the way I remember it.

So, Bernie, if you're reading this and you're really, really old, do yourself a favor and remember that it was all good, you loved and were loved well, and that nothing else really matters all that much.