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Senior moments…to remember

Posted By margaret on August 12, 2010

Thoughts from the movie maker (aka hubby Phillip):

As I grow older the frequencies of momentary lapses of memory become more apparent to me. I believe they call them senior moments. This sometimes worries me: but now, I don’t remember why I worried. Maybe, I am catching the “old timer’s disease”. Which do I lose first long or short term memory or both? Are there any other symptoms?

In contrast to these symptoms another memory feeling I have been experiencing lately with substantial frequency is what I call “senior moments to remember”. On the contrary, this is not a lapse in memory. They are just the opposite of a lapse in memory. This is more than nostalgia. These moments are not confined to either long or short-term memory. These moments incompass the past as well as the present, and even the future. These moments are special. These are the moments to remember.

Everyone has those defining moments in the past, those cross roads, those significant moments that change your journey in life forever. For good and bad these moments will always be remembered. However, these are not my senior moments to remember.

Senior moments to remember by definition come with age, tenure, and maturity. These moments come from both the past as well as the present and yes even extend to the future. These are the things the Master Card and Visa cannot buy. They cannot be afforded even with a senior discount. They are priceless. These are both the moments you remember as well as those moments you make today and for tomorrow.

Typically, these moments are usually not monumental, earth shattering or even life changing. They are the things that happened at a time in the past that didn’t seem all that significant when it occurred. Nevertheless, they are genuine moments that evoke a smile, a laugh, or even a tear. Joy, happiness, and sadness make them all senior moments to remember.

One of the good things about senior moments to remember is that they are all spontaneous. You just never know when they will happen or when they will be made. You just recognize them by the fact they are all precious.

As I travel on life’s pathway
Know not what the years may hold
As I ponder hope grows fonder
Precious memories flood my soul
Precious memories, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight

J. B. F. Wright, author-composer of “Precious Memories”

While it maybe a mystery when these moments may occur The fact remains that sight, sound, smell, and touch are the trigger mechanism that stir the emotion of the heart that make these senior moments precious. They are the legacy passed on by someone or an event in the past. As a father and grandfather I have come to the realization that I can create senior moments to remember not only for myself but also for the people I love and come in contact with every day.

I hope you have a senior moment today.