Growing Older Novels & Stories

Malambot at parang may lambing ang kanyang boses, parang balahibong dumampi sa puso. Tumingin si Elijah sa mukha niya. Bahagyang dumilim ang kanyang mga mata at naging paos ang boses. “Older people are more sensitive about age,” sabi niya. “Medyo hindi komportable marinig iyon. Hindi mo ba ako iko-comfort?” Napapalibutan siya ng hininga ni Elijah. Malapit ang kanyang boses sa tainga niya.

Mukha bang ganyan magisip ang matandang na sa ganyan edad na? Ano ba ang tawag mo sa taong hindi marunong mag isip ng tama at umintindi sa ganyang edad? Edi diba isip bata? Hindi marunong mag grow up bukod sa edad nila na tumataas lang kada taon.

Medyo nilayo ko yung mic tapos nagsalita ulit. "Isa din sa reason ko bakit may doubt ako sa future is when aging comes. Lahat tayo tatanda and we will experience death"tuluyan ng tumulo ang luha ko "Naisip ko lang kasi yung parents ko, nasa mid 50's na yung age nila, tapos may mga nararamdaman na silang signs of aging like masakit yung joints nila yung likod nila, yung paa nila and wala man lang kami sa side nila para kahit papano maalagaan man lang sila. And it hurts seeing them grow old na hindi kayo magkasama."Tuloy tuloy kong iyak. Naramdaman ko naman na hinagod ni Ryevann ang likod ko as a sign of comforting me. "Ayoko ring dumating yung time na mawala na sila tapos hindi pa ako nakakab

The pure, innocent, free at tanging pinoproblema lang, ay kung paano magparami ng laruan at damit si Mocha Louise. Pero hindi e, lahat tayo ay may karapatang lumaki at magkaisip na naaayon sa ating edad di ba? As we grow old, our brains goes bigger but slowly be a wide-thinker. As the days, weeks, months, and years passes by...ay lalo kong mas naiintindihan ang mga bagay-bagay. At nagsimula na akong magtanim ng galit, pero ang tanging gusto ko lang naman ay mapansin.

I’ll get your medicine when your tummy aches Build you a fire if the furnace breaks Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you I’ll miss you Kiss you Give you my coat when you are cold Need you Feed you Even let ya hold the remote control So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink Put you to bed when you’ve had too much to drink I could be the man who grows old with you I wanna make you smile whenever you’re sad Carry you around when your arthritis is bad Oh all I wanna do is grow old with you I’ll miss you Kiss you Give you my coat when you are cold Need you Feed you Even let ya hold the remote control So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink Put you to bed when you’ve had too much to

Revelation Years passed by quickly. For my 7 years in show business, a lot has happened. I can feel how much I've grown, be it physically or mentally, as a person. And I'm proud of that. More than my popularity and achievements, I'm more proud that I've developed into the person that I am today. Someone that was molded to have wide perspective on things and be matured. There's no denying that I still think about Colton even after all these years.

Because all of us wants to be happy but for many of us the true happiness is difficult to haunt. But I am here watching the sky to get dark. I just find myself happy with the simple things. I learned that to enjoy every minute of my life. Hindi na natin mai-babalik ang dating kagawain ngunit mapapa-unlad pa natin ang ating kakayahan. "Happy birthday to me." Ngumiti ako habang nakatingala sa kalangitan. We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. Another birthday means your life journey is incomplete but being old is a privilege.

Ang mga taong may ganitong edad ay nararamdaman na ang lungkot at hirap ng paglipas ng panahon, at sa kasong ito, ang kabataan. Nagkakaroon na sila ng mga kulubot sa kanilang mga mukha at leeg, at mas malala na ang katawan nila ngayon. Sakit sa likod, sakit sa tuhod, sakit sa kalamnan, at iba pa, ay hindi maiiwasan.

Nagpatuloy silang bumaba hanggang sa makalabas ng unit at sabay na naglakad papunta sa gate. Pagkatapos ng ilang minuto, ngumiti si Mike at nagbiro, “Pero teka, ang tanda mo na ba talaga? Ikaw pa mismo nagsabi kanina, older people live by memories. Eh mas matanda ako sa’yo ng ilang taon, pero I still feel young!” Natawa si Melinda. “May apo na tayo, hindi ba matanda na iyon?” “Who said na kapag may apo ka, automatic old na? Alam mo ba ang boundary ng pagiging elderly? Over 60 years old! Ikaw, if I remember, fifty-one ka lang, right?”

Maligayang bati ko sa kanila nang makalabas na sila sa kanilang kotse. My grandparents are on their seventies na. Going eighty, I think? Hindi kasi nila masiyadong pinag-uusapan ang mga edad-edad na 'yan. They say, age is just a number daw and never gawing basehan sa katandaan ng isang tao. Taray ng grandparents ko, 'di ba?