What is it about eating ice cream that makes you feel like a kid again? I think it’s because it’s simple. There’s something to be said about simple things and a simple life. I miss the days when all I had to do was clean up my room and do my homework. Life was so much easier then. However, we grow up and develop a sense of responsibility and urgency to life. I’m not sure if it’s because we start to realize that our time on this planet is short and uncertain, but it can become very stressful.

I think our complicated lives make us older, both physically and mentally. I’m not necessarily speaking of looking older, i.e. wrinkles. There are worse things than wrinkles! Thinking old thoughts and feeling old is the enemy. If you don’t see the wonder in a child’s smile, playfulness of a kitten or the splendor of a sunset, life has passed you by already. You might as well be six foot under. I choose to live while I’m alive.

As I get older, I realize that I want to live a more simple life. I just want to go home, get a hug and kiss from my husband and relax on the couch with him. I want to play outside with my pets, relax in a hammock after a long day and maybe even eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s icecream. That’s life to me!