Today is my father's 65th birthday.

[SmileyBoy]

I'm happy for him today, but I sometimes have been getting a little bit concerned about how much longer he is for this world. I really don't want to think about those things, but today I realized that he's a senior citizen now, and he has reached an important age milestone in life. Or at least, a lot later than a man usually has kids. I'm only 23 years old, and my younger brother is 17, and as you can tell, we were born pretty late in his life. I just don't want to get a call in the near future from my mom saying that dad died. I try not to talk about this kind of thing with my dad himself, because I know that would just make both him and I depressed. He and I have a very adult relationship now, and I find that this kind of relationship is much healthier than the father/child relationship we used to have. At least I can hold my hat onto that.

But I'm not supposed to be worrying about my father daying in the near future at the age of 23. I mean, I should really be at least in my early-30's with a 65 year-old father. It just seems to me that I'm still to young to have to be dealing with that prospect.

Anyway - Happy birthday, Dad. Barring any accidents, Inshallah, you'll live many more years.

[Avalux]

1. Best wishes to your father.

The emotions one faces with an aging parent are unsettling; when my mom talks about her mortality it makes me uncomfortable because as a young person, you really don't want to think about such things and don't want to face the fact that eventually that parent will be gone. Best you can do is enjoy the time you have with your father and love him. :hi: