Aging Parents

My mom recently turned 59. That's almost 60, and my Dad's not far behind.

Over the years, my view of "old" has shifted to stay ahead of my parents. When I was 10, a 50 year old was definitely old. But then my parents turned 50, and I though, well, they aren't old; they're my parents! But 60, man, my brain is pushing back at me when I say to myself, "60's not old!"

Both of my parents are still vigorous, they work out, they work every day, they learn new things. My mom uses firefox. My dad embraces relatively new things like pandora.

They are showing signs though. Their routines are getting more hardened. They go to the same restaurant every week for months at a time. It's not Bill Knapp's though; they aren't that old :)