Our grand daughter Phoebe is learning her numbers in kindergarden. She loves to count things these days and is always amazed with big numbers - especially numbers as big as twenty or more.

She came to me yesterday and announced that she would soon be FIVE! Five years old is a much bigger deal than four. And she realized that after she was five she would be SIX - even better yet!

Then she turned to me and asked how old I was. I told her I was fifty-five years old. Phoebe’s eyes got real BIG and her jaw dropped... she was truly amazed! After she got over her shock she exclaimed... ‘THAT’S REALLY OLD!’ She couldn’t believe someone could be THAT old.

Thankfully she didn’t dwell on the thought too long. Playing was more fun and grampa as old as he was still wasn’t too old to play. Hopefully I never get that old.

-grampa dan